WildFly Core: Malicious Inet Address Payload Crashes Config (DoS)
CVE-2026-24329 Published on August 11, 2026
Wildfly-core: wildfly core: denial of service via malformed payload injection by an authenticated administrative user.
A flaw was found in wildfly-core. A remote user authenticated as an administrative user can inject a malformed payload into the Inet Address field through the Management Model. This injection causes the server to crash and become unrecoverable, as the payload is written into the standalone.xml configuration file. Manual intervention is required to restore server operation, leading to a denial of service.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-24329 can be exploited with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public. 188 days later.
Weakness Type
What is an aka Blind XPath Injection Vulnerability?
The software does not properly neutralize special elements that are used in XML, allowing attackers to modify the syntax, content, or commands of the XML before it is processed by an end system. Within XML, special elements could include reserved words or characters such as "<", ">", """, and "&", which could then be used to add new data or modify XML syntax.
CVE-2026-24329 has been classified to as an aka Blind XPath Injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-24329
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