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CVE-2024-4029

Wildfly: no timeout for eap management interface may lead to denial of service (dos)

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 18th percentile. Only a workaround so far.

CVSS 3.14.1MediumEPSS percentile18th0.3% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFixWorkaroundNo fixed build yet

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, GitHub

NVD CVE.org

What to do

No fixed build is published yet. The vendor describes a workaround.

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What it is

From the CVE record

A vulnerability was found in Wildfly’s management interface. Due to the lack of limitation of sockets for the management interface, it may be possible to cause a denial of service hitting the nofile limit as there is no possibility to configure or set a maximum number of connections.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS18th
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 18th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

8 events over 875 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. Workaround availablerecord updated
  2. Workaround availablerecord updated
  3. OpenVAS check added
  4. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

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Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

Open in the CVSS calculator

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

Scored 4.1 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector LocalRequires local access to the vulnerable system (e.g. local login, malicious file)
  • Attack Complexity HighRequires specific conditions like a race condition or non-default configuration
  • Privileges Required HighRequires admin or elevated privileges
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
  • Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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