Medium

Privilege Context Switching Error in wildlfy

  • Disclosed: 08.06.2021
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:21

A flaw was found in wildfly. The EJBContext principle is not popped back after invoking another EJB using a different Security Domain. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity. Versions before wildfly 20.0.0.Final are affected.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.wildfly.bom:wildfly < 20.0.0.Final 20.0.0.Final

References

CVSS score 5.4/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-270
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.wildfly.bom:wildfly
Disclosed
08.06.2021
Updated
11.10.2026 11:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-p9cf-qjxq-vxw6 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.wildfly.bom:wildfly

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
2
First → latest
06.2021 09.2022
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 1
  • Medium 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 1
  2. 2022: 1
  3. 2023: 0
  4. 2024: 0
  5. 2025: 0
  6. 2026: 0
  1. High · 7.5 CVE-2022-1278 < 27.0.0.Beta1 27.0.0.Beta1
  2. Privilege Context Switching Error in wildlfy this entry
    Medium · 5.4 CVE-2020-1719 < 20.0.0.Final 20.0.0.Final

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