CVE-2024-4029

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

MEDIUM
4.1
CVSS Score
Published: May 2, 2024 at 02:55 PM UTC
Updated: September 24, 2026 at 04:17 AM UTC
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Severity
MEDIUM4.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (12)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

4.1MEDIUMredhat
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-770

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