CVE-2025-23368
highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.009 · 59 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
A flaw was found in Wildfly Elytron integration. The component does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks via CLI.
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affected products (9)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7< 0:7.3.18-3.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eapenisa_euvdEU
- Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 8< 0:8.1.6-5.GA_redhat_00007.1.el8eapenisa_euvdEU
- Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 9< 0:8.1.6-5.GA_redhat_00007.1.el9eapenisa_euvdEU
- redhat jboss enterprise application platform= 7.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat jboss enterprise application platform= 8.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Maven org.wildfly.core:wildfly-elytron-integration< 31.0.3.FinalosvUSpkg:maven/org.wildfly.core/wildfly-elytron-integration
- Maven org.wildfly.core:wildfly-elytron-integration32.0.0.Beta1 → 32.0.0.Beta3osvUSpkg:maven/org.wildfly.core/wildfly-elytron-integration
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-qhp6-6p8p-2rqhWildfly Elytron integration susceptible to brute force attacks via CLI2026-02-13ghsa · osvUS
### Impact A flaw was found in Wildfly Elytron integration. The component does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks via CLI. ### Patches The default behaviour has been changed in WildFly Core 31.0.3.Final, and 32.0.0.Beta3 - the first version is used by WildFly 39.0.1.Final and the second will be included in WildFly 40. ### Workarounds No direct workaround. Monitoring network traffic / blocking suspicious traffic may help. ### References https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23368 https://issues.redhat.com/browse/WFCORE-7192 ### Acknowledgements We would like to thank Claudia Bartolini (TIM S.p.A), Marco Ventura (TIM S.p.A), and Massimiliano Brolli (TIM S.p.A) for reporting this issue.
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references (24)
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18054cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18055cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18059cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33371cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-23368cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-23368,https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2337621,https://wildfly-security.github.io/wildfly-elytron/Patchcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2337621cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23368cnnvd
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