Improper privilege management in JBoss
Priority LOW 34CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
An Elevated Privileges issue exists in JBoss AS 7 Community Release due to the improper implementation in the security context propagation, A threat gets reused from the thread pool that still retains the security context from the process last used, which lets a local user obtain elevated privileges.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00294 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JBoss AS 7 | JBoss | AS 7 Community Release | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- JBoss VendorJBoss AS 7 Affected AS 7 Community Release Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_application_server:7.1.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | 7.1.0 | Vulnerable | Red Hat |
| cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_application_server:7.1.1:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | 7.1.1 | Vulnerable | Red Hat |
| cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.0.0 beta | Vulnerable | Red Hat |
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_application_server:7.1.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:* Versions 7.1.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_application_server:7.1.1:*:*:*:community:*:*:* Versions 7.1.1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.0 beta Vulnerable ·Red Hat
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-2312
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c9m2-844r-3389
References
More Red Hat Jboss Application Server vulnerabilities
- TI-2012-01000 Information disclosure in JBoss AS 7 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2013-03249 The Embedded Jopr component in JBoss Application Server includes the cleartext datasource… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.6
- TI-2011-03183 Cross-site request forgery in JBoss Application Server CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2011-03181 Cross-site scripting in JBoss Application Server CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2012-2312 · CVE Program
- CVE-2012-2312 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c9m2-844r-3389 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2012-2312 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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