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TI-2014-06522 Aliases CVE-2014-7849GHSA-5938-95q9-6rh3

The Role Based Access Control (RBAC) implementation in JBoss Enterprise Application…

Priority LOW 21CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

The Role Based Access Control (RBAC) implementation in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.2.0 through 6.3.2 does not properly verify authorization conditions, which allows remote authenticated users to add, modify, and undefine otherwise restricted attributes by leveraging the Maintainer role.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0126 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 5 advisoriesRed Hat: 5 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 8

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.2.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.2.1VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.2.2VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.2.3VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.2.4VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.3.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.3.1VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.3.2VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2.1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2.2 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2.3 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2.4 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3.1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3.2 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 5 advisories

  • RHSA-2015:0920 Released 2015-04-30 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.3.2 update
    • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.3
  • RHSA-2015:0218 Released 2015-02-11 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3.3 update
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 7 Server antlr-eap6-2.7.7-18.redhat_4.1.ep6.el7, apache-cxf-2.7.14-1.redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, glassfish-jsf-eap6-2.1.28-6.redhat_7.1.ep6.el7 +47
  • RHSA-2015:0216 Released 2015-02-11 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3.3 update
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 5 Server antlr-eap6-2.7.7-18.redhat_4.1.ep6.el5, apache-cxf-2.7.14-1.redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, glassfish-jsf-eap6-2.1.28-6.redhat_7.1.ep6.el5 +47
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2015:0217 Released 2015-02-11 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3.3 update
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 6 Server antlr-eap6-2.7.7-18.redhat_4.1.ep6.el6, apache-cxf-2.7.14-1.redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, glassfish-jsf-eap6-2.1.28-6.redhat_7.1.ep6.el6 +47
  • RHSA-2015:0215 Released 2015-02-11 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3.3 update
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat JBoss Portal 6AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3Fixed RHSA-2015:0215
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 5 ServerFixed RHSA-2015:0216
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 6 ServerFixed RHSA-2015:0217
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2015:0218
Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.3Fixed RHSA-2015:0920
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-7849
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5938-95q9-6rh3

References

Advisory 6

  • TI-2017-08941 Deserialization of untrusted data in Red Hat jbossas KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2010-01790 JBoss Seam 2 (jboss-seam2), as used in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-09342 Unrestricted file upload in Apache Tomcat KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2010-01383 The Web Console (aka web-console) in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-09354 XML external entity injection in Apache Solr before 7.1 with Apache Lucene before 7.1 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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