CVE-2021-3717

25

FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-3717 is a high-severity flaw in Wildfly, specifically affecting wildfly-core versions prior to 17.0, as well as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, JBoss EAP, and Single Sign-On. The vulnerability stems from an incorrect JBOSS_LOCAL_USER challenge location when using elytron configuration, potentially granting all local users access to JBOSS_LOCAL_USER. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this local attack vector vulnerability poses significant risks to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:-::::text-only:::
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:single_sign-on:-::::text-only:::
		< 17.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:wildfly_core::::::::
		7.4CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4:::::::*
		7.3CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

1.8

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.30%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

22.5%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (50)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa

Product: org.wildfly.core:wildfly-core-parentFixed in: 17.0

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: EAP 7.3.10 GAFixed in: wildfly

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat EAP-XP 2 via EAP 7.3.x baseFixed in: wildfly

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.11.1Fixed in: wildfly

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7Fixed in: wildfly

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-resteasy-0:3.0.27-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-0:7.1.9-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-apache-cxf-0:3.3.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-ironjacamar-0:1.5.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jakarta-el-0:3.0.3-3.redhat_00007.1.el6eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jboss-ejb-client-0:4.0.43-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jboss-server-migration-0:1.7.2-10.Final_redhat_00011.1.el6eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jsoup-0:1.14.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el6eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-resteasy-0:3.11.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-undertow-0:2.0.41-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el6eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-0:7.3.10-2.GA_redhat_00003.1.el6eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-elytron-0:1.10.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-wss4j-0:2.2.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-xml-security-0:2.1.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-apache-cxf-0:3.3.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-ironjacamar-0:1.5.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jakarta-el-0:3.0.3-3.redhat_00007.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jboss-ejb-client-0:4.0.43-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jboss-server-migration-0:1.7.2-10.Final_redhat_00011.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jsoup-0:1.14.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-resteasy-0:3.11.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-undertow-0:2.0.41-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-0:7.3.10-2.GA_redhat_00003.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-elytron-0:1.10.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wss4j-0:2.2.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-xml-security-0:2.1.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-apache-cxf-0:3.3.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-ironjacamar-0:1.5.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-jakarta-el-0:3.0.3-3.redhat_00007.1.el8eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-jboss-ejb-client-0:4.0.43-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-jboss-server-migration-0:1.7.2-10.Final_redhat_00011.1.el8eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-jsoup-0:1.14.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-resteasy-0:3.11.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-undertow-0:2.0.41-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-0:7.3.10-2.GA_redhat_00003.1.el8eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-elytron-0:1.10.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-wss4j-0:2.2.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-xml-security-0:2.1.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-0:7.4.2-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.el8eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-0:7.4.2-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.10Fixed in: wildfly

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHPAM 7.13.0 asyncFixed in: wildfly

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Data Grid 8Fixed in: wildfly

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Integration Camel K 1Fixed in: wildfly

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Integration Service RegistryFixed in: wildfly

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-p9xf-3rm3-qh2hhigh

Wildfly-Core user account mismanagement

redhatCVE-2021-3717Moderate

wildfly: incorrect JBOSS_LOCAL_USER challenge location may lead to giving access to all the local users

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20220804-0002

Third Party Advisory