SCA: security update for org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron (GHSA-jmj6-p2j9-68cp)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416462

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- wildfly-elytron: possible timing attacks via use of unsafe comparator. A flaw was found in Wildfly-
elytron. Wildfly-elytron uses java.util.Arrays.equals in several places, which is unsafe and vulnerable to
timing attacks. To compare values securely, use java.security.MessageDigest.isEqual instead. This flaw
allows an attacker to access secure information or impersonate an authed user. (CVE-2022-3143)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jmj6-p2j9-68cp

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 416462

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.37

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3143

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3143