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Medium6.2Red Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2025-2251] Org.jboss.eap:wildfly-ejb3: improper deserialization in jboss marshalling allows remote code execution

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2025-2251 affecting Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7.

CVE-2025-2251 Published Apr 7, 2025Updated by vendor Apr 7, 2025
CVE-2025-2251
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Summary

A security flaw exists in WildFly and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) within the Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) remote invocation mechanism. This vulnerability stems from untrusted data deserialization handled by JBoss Marshalling.

This flaw allows an attacker to send a specially crafted serialized object, leading to remote code execution without requiring authentication. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 6.2 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-502.

Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7; Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8; Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9; Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7; Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.8; Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0 for RHEL 8; Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0 for RHEL 9.

Red Hat lists Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack as not affected. Red Hat fixing advisory: RHSA-2025:10931, RHSA-2025:10925, RHSA-2025:10926, RHSA-2025:10924, RHSA-2025:10459, RHSA-2025:10452, RHSA-2025:10453.

Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.

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Fixed versions
  • 36.0.0.Final
  • wildfly-ejb3
  • eap7-activemq-artemis-0:2.16.0-21.redhat_00055.1.el8eap
  • eap7-apache-cxf-0:3.5.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-artemis-native-1:1.0.2-5.redhat_00004.1.el8eap
  • eap7-elytron-web-0:1.9.6-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-glassfish-jsf-0:2.3.14-9.SP10_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-hal-console-0:3.3.27-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-hibernate-validator-0:6.0.23-3.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-ironjacamar-0:1.5.21-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-jboss-server-migration-0:1.10.0-42.Final_redhat_00042.1.el8eap
  • eap7-jbossws-cxf-0:5.4.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-wildfly-0:7.4.23-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el8eap
  • eap7-wildfly-elytron-0:1.15.26-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-activemq-artemis-0:2.16.0-21.redhat_00055.1.el9eap
  • eap7-apache-cxf-0:3.5.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap
  • eap7-artemis-native-1:1.0.2-5.redhat_00004.1.el9eap
  • eap7-elytron-web-0:1.9.6-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
  • eap7-glassfish-jsf-0:2.3.14-9.SP10_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
  • eap7-hal-console-0:3.3.27-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
  • eap7-hibernate-validator-0:6.0.23-3.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
  • eap7-ironjacamar-0:1.5.21-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
  • eap7-jboss-server-migration-0:1.10.0-42.Final_redhat_00042.1.el9eap
  • eap7-jbossws-cxf-0:5.4.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
  • eap7-wildfly-0:7.4.23-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el9eap
  • eap7-wildfly-elytron-0:1.15.26-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
  • eap7-activemq-artemis-0:2.16.0-21.redhat_00055.1.el7eap
  • eap7-apache-cxf-0:3.5.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-artemis-native-1:1.0.2-5.redhat_00004.1.el7eap
  • eap7-elytron-web-0:1.9.6-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-glassfish-jsf-0:2.3.14-9.SP10_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-hal-console-0:3.3.27-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-hibernate-validator-0:6.0.23-3.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-ironjacamar-0:1.5.21-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-jboss-server-migration-0:1.10.0-42.Final_redhat_00042.1.el7eap
  • eap7-jbossws-cxf-0:5.4.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-wildfly-0:7.4.23-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap
  • eap7-wildfly-elytron-0:1.15.26-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap8-activemq-artemis-0:2.33.0-3.redhat_00017.1.el8eap
  • eap8-apache-commons-beanutils-0:1.11.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap8-apache-cxf-0:4.0.6-2.redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • RHSA-2025:10931
  • RHSA-2025:10925
  • RHSA-2025:10926
  • RHSA-2025:10924
  • RHSA-2025:10459
  • RHSA-2025:10452
  • RHSA-2025:10453

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 1 hour ago·verify at source

Mitigation

Upgrade to a fixed release: 36.0.0.Final, wildfly-ejb3, eap7-activemq-artemis-0:2.16.0-21.redhat_00055.1.el8eap, eap7-apache-cxf-0:3.5.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-artemis-native-1:1.0.2-5.redhat_00004.1.el8eap, eap7-elytron-web-0:1.9.6-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap. That is the remediation for this advisory.

The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 1 hour ago·verify at source

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