TI-2016-04684 Aliases CVE-2016-5406 GHSA-5rw6-f2f7-548c

The domain controller in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7.x before…

MEDIUM 43CWE-264Published 2016-09-26 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

The domain controller in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7.x before 7.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging failure to propagate administrative RBAC configuration to all slaves.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.029 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Red Hat: 8 advisories

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
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform::::::::	up to 7.0.1	Vulnerable	Red Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::*	6.0	Running on	Red Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::*	7.0	Running on	Red Hat

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 7.0.1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Running on ·Red Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Running on ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 8 advisories

RHSA-2017:3458 Released 2017-12-13 · Red Hat rating Important
eap7-jboss-ec2-eap security update
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-7.1.0-5.GA_redhat_5.ep7.el6, eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-samples-7.1.0-5.GA_redhat_5.ep7.el6
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-7.1.0-5.GA_redhat_5.ep7.el7, eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-samples-7.1.0-5.GA_redhat_5.ep7.el7
RHSA-2017:3455 Released 2017-12-13 · Red Hat rating Important
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.0 security update
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-activemq-artemis-1.5.5.008-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-activemq-artemis-cli-1.5.5.008-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-activemq-artemis-commons-1.5.5.008-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7 +47
RHSA-2017:3454 Released 2017-12-13 · Red Hat rating Important
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.0 security update
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-activemq-artemis-1.5.5.008-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-activemq-artemis-cli-1.5.5.008-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-activemq-artemis-commons-1.5.5.008-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 +47

Show 5 more Red Hat advisories

RHSA-2017:3456 Released 2017-12-13 · Red Hat rating Important
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.0 security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.1
RHSA-2016:1839 Released 2016-09-08 · Red Hat rating Important
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.2 for RHEL 7
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-activemq-artemis-1.1.0-15.SP18_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-activemq-artemis-cli-1.1.0-15.SP18_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-activemq-artemis-commons-1.1.0-15.SP18_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7 +47
RHSA-2016:1838 Released 2016-09-08 · Red Hat rating Important
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.2 on RHEL 6
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-activemq-artemis-1.1.0-15.SP18_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-activemq-artemis-cli-1.1.0-15.SP18_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-activemq-artemis-commons-1.1.0-15.SP18_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 +47
RHSA-2016:1840 Released 2016-09-08 · Red Hat rating Important
eap7-jboss-ec2-eap security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-7.0.2-2.GA_redhat_1.ep7.el6, eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-samples-7.0.2-2.GA_redhat_1.ep7.el6
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-7.0.2-2.GA_redhat_1.ep7.el7, eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-samples-7.0.2-2.GA_redhat_1.ep7.el7
RHSA-2016:1841 Released 2016-09-08 · Red Hat rating Important
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.2
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.0	Fixed	RHSA-2016:1841
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.1	Fixed	RHSA-2017:3456
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 Server	Fixed	RHSA-2016:1838, RHSA-2016:1840
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 Server	Fixed	RHSA-2016:1839, RHSA-2016:1840
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6 Server	Fixed	RHSA-2017:3454, RHSA-2017:3458
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7 Server	Fixed	RHSA-2017:3455, RHSA-2017:3458

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-5406
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5rw6-f2f7-548c
2026-11-06 Fix available: Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.0, Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.1 · Red Hat

References

Advisory 9

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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Sources

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