CVE-2020-25640: A flaw was discovered in WildFly before 21.0.0.Final where, Resource adapter logs plain text JMS password at warning level on connection err
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 71.2% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
- Fixed version: org.wildfly:wildfly-parent (Maven) 21.0.0.Final; eap7-activemq-artemis (Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6) 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap; eap7-activemq-artemis-cli (Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6) 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to org.wildfly:wildfly-parent (Maven) 21.0.0.Final; eap7-activemq-artemis (Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6) 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap; eap7-activemq-artemis-cli (Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6) 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
A flaw was discovered in WildFly before 21.0.0.Final where, Resource adapter logs plain text JMS password at warning level on connection error, inserting sensitive information in the log file.
- Published
- Nov 24, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.3% · 71th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-209
Report tools
Action score
21
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.3%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | wildfly | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:wildfly |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- redhat wildflybefore 21.0.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
n/a wildfly
- Wildfly 21.0.0.Finalaffected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.wildfly:wildfly-parent | before 21.0.0.Final | 21.0.0.Final |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-activemq-artemis | before 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-activemq-artemis-cli | before 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-activemq-artemis-commons | before 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-activemq-artemis-core-client | before 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-activemq-artemis-dto | before 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-activemq-artemis-hornetq-protocol | before 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-activemq-artemis-hqclient-protocol | before 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-activemq-artemis-jdbc-store | before 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-activemq-artemis-jms-client | before 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-activemq-artemis-jms-server | before 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-activemq-artemis-journal | before 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-activemq-artemis-ra | before 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-activemq-artemis-selector | before 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-activemq-artemis-server | before 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-activemq-artemis-service-extensions | before 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-activemq-artemis-tools | before 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-glassfish-jsf | before 0:2.3.9-12.SP13_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | 0:2.3.9-12.SP13_redhat_00001.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-hal-console | before 0:3.2.12-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | 0:3.2.12-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-hibernate | before 0:5.3.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | 0:5.3.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-hibernate-core | before 0:5.3.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | 0:5.3.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-hibernate-entitymanager | before 0:5.3.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | 0:5.3.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-hibernate-envers | before 0:5.3.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | 0:5.3.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | eap7-hibernate-java8 | before 0:5.3.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | 0:5.3.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap |
+96
Same product
redhat: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2018-10683An issue was discovered in WildFly 10.1.2.Final.40Plan
- CVE-2019-3894It was discovered that the ElytronManagedThread in Wildfly's Elytron subsystem in versions from 11 to 16 stores a SecurityIdentity to run th35Monitor
- CVE-2020-10740A vulnerability was found in Wildfly in versions before 20.0.0.Final, where a remote deserialization attack is possible in the Enterprise Ap31Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2018-14627Sep 4, 2018 · The IIOP OpenJDK Subsystem in WildFly before version 14.0.0 does not honour configuration when SSL transport is required.23Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2020-25689Nov 2, 2020 · A memory leak flaw was found in WildFly in all versions up to 21.0.0.Final, where host-controller tries to reconnect in a loop, generating n26Monitor
- Later →CVE-2020-27822Dec 7, 2020 · A flaw was found in Wildfly affecting versions 19.0.0.Final, 19.1.0.Final, 20.0.0.Final, 20.0.1.Final, and 21.0.0.Final.23Monitor
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Maven:org.wildfly:wildfly-parent | 21.0.0.Final | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-cli | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-commons | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-core-client | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-dto | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-hornetq-protocol | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-hqclient-protocol | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-jdbc-store | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-jms-client | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-jms-server | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-journal | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-ra | 0:2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
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
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-209 · Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive InformationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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