Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-1719

CVE-2020-1719:
Java vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A security vulnerability identified as CVE-2020-1719 was discovered in WildFly, affecting versions prior to 20.0.0.Final. The flaw involves the EJBContext principle not being properly popped back after invoking another EJB using a different Security Domain (NVD, Red Hat).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N. The issue is classified as a Privilege Context Switching Error (CWE-270). The vulnerability affects the security domain handling mechanism in WildFly's EJB implementation (NVD).

Impact

The primary impact of this vulnerability affects data confidentiality and integrity. When exploited, the flaw could potentially lead to unauthorized access to resources or information disclosure due to improper handling of security contexts between EJB invocations (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in WildFly version 20.0.0.Final. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to address the security issue. The fix has been incorporated into multiple Red Hat products through various security advisories (Red Hat).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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5.4

Score

Published June 7, 2021

Severity MEDIUM

CNA Score N/A

Affected Technologies

Java
Wolfi

Has Public Exploit No

Has CISA KEV Exploit No

CISA KEV Release Date N/A

CISA KEV Due Date N/A

Exploitation Probability Percentile (EPSS) 32.1

Exploitation Probability (EPSS) 0.1

Affected packages and libraries

org.wildfly.bom:wildfly
wildfly

Sources

NVD
Chainguard
- Chainguard Has FixAdded at: Sep 03, 2025
GitHub Advisory Database
- Maven Severity MEDIUMHas FixAdded at: Nov 23, 2021
Wolfi
- Wolfi Has FixAdded at: Sep 01, 2025

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CVE-2020-1719: Java vulnerability analysis and mitigation