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Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Ausführen von beliebigem Programmcode mit den Rechten des Dienstes

WID-SEC-2026-2752 · first 01.08.2017 · updated 12.08.2026 · CVSS 8,1

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What it is about

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform ist eine skalierbare Plattform für Java-Anwendungen, inklusive JBoss Application Server, JBoss Hibernate und Boss Seam. Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit den Rechten des Dienstes auszuführen.

Under what conditions?

Over the network, but only with valid access (login required), for example with stolen credentials or as an insider.

What can happen in the worst case

An attacker could use the vulnerability to

  • beliebigen Programmcode mit den Rechten des Dienstes auszuführen

Am I affected?

Affected according to the BSI:

  • Debian Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
  • IBM InfoSphere Information Server

The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.

What helps?

Install the updates provided by the vendor; details in the sources below.

Is the vulnerability already being exploited?

None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.

Information and sources

and 17 more sources in the original advisory

CVE: CVE-2016-4978, CVE-2017-7525

Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.

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