CVE-2021-3642 — wildfly-elytron
MEDIUMCVE-2021-3642 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) CWE-203 vulnerability in org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron. A fix is available for org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Observable Discrepancy in Wildfly Elytron
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
A flaw was found in Wildfly Elytron where ScramServer may be susceptible to Timing Attack if enabled. The highest threat of this vulnerability is confidentiality. This flaw affectes Wildfly Elytron versions prior to 1.10.14.Final, prior to 1.15.5.Final and prior to 1.16.1.Final.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron | all versions | 1.10.14org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron:1.10.14 |
| ☕Maven | org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron | ≥ 1.11.0&&< 1.15.5 | 1.15.5org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron:1.15.5 |
| ☕Maven | org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron | ≥ 1.16.0&&< 1.16.1 | 1.16.1org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron:1.16.1 |
Affected Products
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Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron to 1.10.14 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2021-3642 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| EAP 7.3.10 GA | wildfly-elytron | RHSA-2021:5154 |
| Red Hat build of Quarkus 2.2.3 | wildfly-elytron | RHSA-2021:3880 |
| Red Hat Data Grid 8.3.0 | wildfly-elytron | RHSA-2022:0520 |
| Red Hat EAP-XP 2 via EAP 7.3.x base | wildfly-elytron | RHSA-2022:0146 |
| Red Hat Fuse 7.11 | wildfly-elytron | RHSA-2022:5532 |
| Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 2 | see advisory | RHSA-2021:4767 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform | org.wildfly.security/wildfly-elytron:1.15.5.Final-redhat-00001 | RHSA-2021:3660 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 6 | eap7-apache-cxf-0:3.3.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2021:5149 |
Frequently Asked Questions
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