Medium

Wildfly logs plaintext passwords

  • Disclosed: 15.02.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:20

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.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.wildfly:wildfly-parent < 21.0.0.Final 21.0.0.Final

References

CVSS score 5.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-209, CWE-532
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.wildfly:wildfly-parent
Disclosed
15.02.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 12:20

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-jw3v-5ch2-wfmm - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.wildfly:wildfly-parent

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
6
First → latest
05.2021 05.2022
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 3
  • Medium 2
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 1
  2. 2022: 5
  3. 2023: 0
  4. 2024: 0
  5. 2025: 0
  6. 2026: 0
  1. Medium · 5.9 CVE-2020-27822 >= 19.0.0.Final, < 21.0.2.Final, >= 22.0.0.Alpha1, < 22.0.0.Beta1 21.0.2.Final, 22.0.0.Beta1
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2020-10740 < 20.0.0.Final 20.0.0.Final
  3. High · 7.5 CVE-2015-3198 >= 8.1.0.Final, < 9.0.0.CR2 9.0.0.CR2
  4. High · 7.5 CVE-2016-0793 < 10.0.0.Final 10.0.0.Final
  5. Wildfly logs plaintext passwords this entry
    Medium · 5.3 CVE-2020-25640 < 21.0.0.Final 21.0.0.Final
  6. Low · 3.8 CVE-2021-3536 < 23.0.2.Final 23.0.2.Final

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