CVE-2020-14299

6.5 mediumEPSS 1.4%

Medium (6.5) in redhat. EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw was found in JBoss EAP, where the authentication configuration is set-up using a legacy SecurityRealm, to delegate to a legacy PicketBox SecurityDomain, and then reloaded to admin-only mode. This flaw allows an attacker to perform a complete authentication bypass by using an arbitrary user and password. The highest threat to vulnerability is to system availability.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 72% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-287
Published: 2020-10-16
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform
redhat:openshift_application_runtimes
redhat:single_sign-on

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1848533
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1848533

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