Authentication Bypass in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (CVE‑2010‑0738) Allows Unauthorized Access
What It Is – CVE‑2010‑0738 is an authentication bypass flaw in the JMX‑Console web application bundled with Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. The console only enforces access‑control checks for HTTP GET and POST methods; other HTTP verbs bypass those checks, letting an unauthenticated remote attacker invoke privileged functions.
Exploitability – The vulnerability is publicly disclosed, has a published proof‑of‑concept, and scores High on CVSS (network‑accessible, no authentication required).
Affected Products – Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBoss AS) versions that include the vulnerable JMX‑Console component (all versions prior to the Red Hat security advisory that introduced the fix).
Why It Matters for Trust & Control Assurance
- Access‑control assurance – The flaw demonstrates a gap in how applications enforce least‑privilege policies, a core control that auditors expect evidence of across frameworks.
- Continuous monitoring – Detecting unexpected HTTP methods on management endpoints is a practical control‑monitoring signal that can be captured in logs and fed to a trust‑center dashboard.
- Defensible audit trail – Remediating the issue (patching, method‑filtering, and logging) provides concrete evidence that the organization exercised due diligence, satisfying the “access control” objective in NIST CSF 2.0 and related standards.
Recommended Actions
- Apply Red Hat’s security patch for JBoss AS that enforces method‑level checks on the JMX‑Console.
- Deploy a web‑application firewall or reverse‑proxy rule to block all HTTP verbs except GET/POST on the console endpoint.
- Enable detailed request‑method logging for the JMX‑Console and integrate those logs into your continuous‑control monitoring platform.
- Review your internal access‑control policies to ensure they cover method‑level enforcement for all management interfaces.
Source: CISA KEV – CVE‑2010‑0738