# CVE-2025-23368: Org.wildfly.core:wildfly-elytron-integration: wildfly elytron brute force attack via cli

Status: published. Published: 2025-03-04. Updated: 2026-11-04.

A flaw was found in Wildfly Elytron integration. The component does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks via CLI.

## Remediation

- workaround: The effectiveness of an attack will also be dependent on the complexity of the usernames and passwords defined for the target installation. (source: CNA: redhat)

## Affected products and versions

-  /  (wildfly-core): ≥ 0; ≤ * (affected, semver). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 (eap7-wildfly): ≥ 0:7.3.18-3.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.6.GA (org.wildfly.core/wildfly-elytron-integration): ≥ 27.1.9.Final-redhat-00002; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 8 (eap8-wildfly): ≥ 0:8.1.6-5.GA_redhat_00007.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 9 (eap8-wildfly): ≥ 0:8.1.6-5.GA_redhat_00007.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Build of Keycloak (wildfly-elytron): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Data Grid 8 (wildfly-elytron): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Fuse 7 (wildfly-elytron): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Fuse 7 (wildfly-elytron-integration): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 (wildfly-elytron): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 (wildfly-elytron): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 (wildfly-elytron-integration): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack (wildfly-elytron-integration): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Process Automation 7 (wildfly-elytron): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Process Automation 7 (wildfly-elytron-integration): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 (wildfly-elytron): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 (wildfly-elytron-integration): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat

## NVD configuration conditions

Affected CPE matches depend on the following AND/OR and negation conditions:

```json
[
  {
    "negate": false,
    "nodes": [
      {
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:wildfly_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "versionEndExcluding": "31.0.3",
            "vulnerable": true
          }
        ],
        "negate": false,
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ],
    "operator": "OR"
  },
  {
    "negate": false,
    "nodes": [
      {
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:data_grid:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true
          }
        ],
        "negate": false,
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ],
    "operator": "OR"
  }
]
```

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 8.1 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: CNA: redhat

- CVSS 3.1: 8.1 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: NVD: nvd@nist.gov

- CVSS 3.1: 8.1 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: NVD: secalert@redhat.com

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.89% as of 2026-11-04; percentile 59.35%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact total; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-307

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://www.gruppotim.it/it/footer/red-team.html (secalert@redhat.com)

## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18054 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18055 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18059 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33371 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-23368 (CNA: redhat; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2337621 (CNA: redhat; issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://www.gruppotim.it/it/footer/red-team.html (CNA: redhat)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18054 (secalert@redhat.com)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18055 (secalert@redhat.com)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18059 (secalert@redhat.com)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33371 (secalert@redhat.com)

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-23368 (secalert@redhat.com; Vendor Advisory)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2337621 (secalert@redhat.com; Vendor Advisory)

- https://www.gruppotim.it/it/footer/red-team.html (secalert@redhat.com; Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

## Provenance

- CNA: redhat: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23368; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated 2026-11-04

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23368; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated 2026-11-04

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23368; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated Not reported

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