CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-2141

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2016-06-30 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-06-30
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

It was found that JGroups did not require necessary headers for encrypt and auth protocols from new nodes joining the cluster. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass security restrictions, and use this vulnerability to send and receive messages within the cluster, leading to information disclosure, message spoofing, or further possible attacks.

Affected configurations

• redhat jgroups (< 4.0) • redhat jboss enterprise application platform 5.2 • redhat jboss enterprise application platform 6.4 • redhat jboss enterprise application platform 7.0

References