Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
WildFly could write a JMS password into logs in clear text when a resource adapter connection error occurs. The main business risk is credential exposure through log files, especially if logs are centralized, broadly accessible, or retained for long periods.
Executive priority
Treat this as a credential hygiene and log exposure issue. It is not presented as actively exploited, but exposed JMS passwords can enable unauthorized access if logs were widely available or retained.
Technical view
CVE-2020-25640 is a CWE-209 information exposure issue in WildFly before 21.0.0.Final. On a resource adapter connection error, the AMQP/JMS resource adapter may log the JMS password at warning level, placing sensitive authentication material in application or infrastructure logs.
Likely exposure
Organizations using WildFly with JMS or AMQP resource adapters are most relevant. Exposure depends on whether connection errors occurred and whether logs are accessible to administrators, support staff, monitoring tools, or third-party log services.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not indicate active exploitation, and the CVE is not listed as KEV. Exploitation would likely require access to affected logs rather than direct remote code execution.
Researcher notes
Evidence is clear on the logging behavior but incomplete on severity scoring. The bundle states WildFly before 21.0.0.Final, while the affected version entry is imprecise; validate exact fixed and affected versions with vendor records.
Mitigation direction
- Check vendor guidance for the affected WildFly and resource adapter versions.
- Upgrade away from affected WildFly versions where vendor guidance identifies a fixed release.
- Rotate any JMS credentials that may have appeared in logs.
- Restrict log access to personnel and systems with a clear operational need.
- Review log retention and purge exposed credential material where policy permits.
Validation and detection
- Inventory WildFly deployments and identify JMS or AMQP resource adapter usage.
- Review warning-level logs for historical connection errors involving JMS credentials.
- Confirm whether affected logs were forwarded to SIEM or log aggregation platforms.
- Verify current WildFly and resource adapter versions against vendor advisories.
- Check whether exposed JMS credentials have been rotated since the logging event.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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CWE-209: Information exposure and cloud metadata lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1881637CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/amqphub/amqp-10-resource-adapter/issues/13CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201210-0001/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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CWE details
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Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.