Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This CVE describes a RESTEasy bug where an HTTP request can receive the wrong response and potentially expose privileged information. The public bundle is sparse: it names affected RESTEasy versions before 2.0.0.Alpha3, but provides no CVSS score, exploit details, or operational workaround.
Executive priority
Treat this as an inventory and dependency-remediation item rather than an emergency, unless affected RESTEasy is internet-facing or handles privileged data. Prioritize confirmation because severity, exploitability, and downstream fixes are not fully documented in the provided sources.
Technical view
RESTEasy versions before 2.0.0.Alpha3 can provide an incorrect HTTP response, allowing access to privileged information. The CVE attributes confidentiality and integrity impact and lists CWE-567. No CVSS vector, attack preconditions, affected downstream product details, or fixed package versions are included in the provided bundle.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in applications or vendor products embedding RESTEasy versions before 2.0.0.Alpha3, especially HTTP services handling sensitive authenticated data. The bundle does not identify specific deployed products beyond RESTEasy, though it cites a NetApp advisory.
Exploitation context
The source bundle marks this CVE as not in KEV and provides no cited evidence of active exploitation or public exploit details. The known issue is limited to incorrect HTTP responses that may expose privileged information.
Researcher notes
Key gaps are missing CVSS data, unclear request conditions, no attack complexity details, and no exploit-status evidence. Avoid assuming affected downstream products from the NetApp reference alone; validate product impact through vendor advisories.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory RESTEasy usage and identify versions before 2.0.0.Alpha3.
- Move affected RESTEasy deployments to a non-affected version following vendor guidance.
- Check Red Hat and NetApp advisories for packaged-product guidance.
- Restrict access to affected HTTP services until remediation is confirmed.
Validation and detection
- Review dependency manifests and runtime libraries for RESTEasy versions.
- Confirm whether affected RESTEasy endpoints process privileged or sensitive data.
- Check vendor advisories for product-specific affected versions and fixes.
- After remediation, verify dependency scans no longer flag CVE-2020-25724.
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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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=1899354CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210702-0003/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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CWE details
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Unsynchronized Access to Shared Data in a Multithreaded Context
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