The default configuration of the (1) LdapLoginModule and (2) LdapExtLoginModule modules in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 4.3.0
The default configuration of the (1) LdapLoginModule and (2) LdapExtLoginModule modules in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 4.3.0 CP10, 5.2.0, and 6.0.1, and Enterprise Web Platform (EWP) 5.2.0 allow remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password.
- Published
- Mar 12, 2013
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.3% · 83th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-264
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Report tools
Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.3%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | jboss enterprise application platform | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform |
| redhat | jboss enterprise web platform | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_platform |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- redhat jboss enterprise application platform4.3.0
- redhat jboss enterprise application platform5.2.0
- redhat jboss enterprise application platform6.0.1
- redhat jboss enterprise web platform5.2.0
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:4.3.0::el4 | jbossas | before 0:4.3.0-12.GA_CP10_patch_01.1.ep1.el4 | 0:4.3.0-12.GA_CP10_patch_01.1.ep1.el4 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:4.3.0::el4 | jbossas-client | before 0:4.3.0-12.GA_CP10_patch_01.1.ep1.el4 | 0:4.3.0-12.GA_CP10_patch_01.1.ep1.el4 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:4.3.0::el5 | jbossas | before 0:4.3.0-12.GA_CP10_patch_01.1.ep1.el5 | 0:4.3.0-12.GA_CP10_patch_01.1.ep1.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:4.3.0::el5 | jbossas-client | before 0:4.3.0-12.GA_CP10_patch_01.1.ep1.el5 | 0:4.3.0-12.GA_CP10_patch_01.1.ep1.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5::el4 | jbosssx2 | before 0:2.0.5-9.SP3_1_patch_01.ep5.el4 | 0:2.0.5-9.SP3_1_patch_01.ep5.el4 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5::el5 | jbosssx2 | before 0:2.0.5-9.SP3_1_patch_01.ep5.el5 | 0:2.0.5-9.SP3_1_patch_01.ep5.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5::el6 | jbosssx2 | before 0:2.0.5-9.1.SP3_1_patch_01.ep5.el6 | 0:2.0.5-9.1.SP3_1_patch_01.ep5.el6 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-domain-management | before 0:7.1.3-5.Final_redhat_5.ep6.el5 | 0:7.1.3-5.Final_redhat_5.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | picketbox | before 0:4.0.14-3.Final_redhat_3.ep6.el5 | 0:4.0.14-3.Final_redhat_3.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el6 | jboss-as-domain-management | before 0:7.1.3-5.Final_redhat_5.ep6.el6 | 0:7.1.3-5.Final_redhat_5.ep6.el6 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el6 | picketbox | before 0:4.0.14-3.Final_redhat_3.ep6.el6 | 0:4.0.14-3.Final_redhat_3.ep6.el6 |
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| red hat:jboss-as-domain-management | 0:7.1.3-5.Final_redhat_5.ep6.el5 · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:jbossas | 0:4.3.0-12.GA_CP10_patch_01.1.ep1.el4 · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:4.3.0::el4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:jbossas-client | 0:4.3.0-12.GA_CP10_patch_01.1.ep1.el4 · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:4.3.0::el4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:jbosssx2 | 0:2.0.5-9.SP3_1_patch_01.ep5.el4 · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5::el4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:picketbox | 0:4.0.14-3.Final_redhat_3.ep6.el5 · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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Patch and commit links
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Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=885569
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0229.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0230.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0231.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0232.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0233.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0234.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0248.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0533.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0586.html
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