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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-3490 · published 19 August 2014

CVE-2014-3490: Redhat jboss enterprise application platform vulnerability

Redhat · Jboss Enterprise Application Platform

RESTEasy 2.3.1 before 2.3.8.SP2 and 3.x before 3.0.9, as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.3.0, does not disable external entities when the resteasy.document.expand.entity.references parameter is set to false, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and have other unspecified impact via unspecified vectors, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0818.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 4.6% · top 8.7%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
4.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
28References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

RESTEasy 2.3.1 before 2.3.8.SP2 and 3.x before 3.0.9, as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.3.0, does not disable external entities when the resteasy.document.expand.entity.references parameter is set to false, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and have other unspecified impact via unspecified vectors, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0818.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1011.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1039.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1040.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1298.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0125.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0765.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60019 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69058 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/resteasy/Resteasy/pull/521 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/resteasy/Resteasy/pull/533 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ronsigal/Resteasy/commit/9b7d0f574cafdcf3bea5428f3145ab4908fc6d83 PatchThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1011.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1039.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1040.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1298.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0125.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0765.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60019 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69058 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/resteasy/Resteasy/pull/521 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/resteasy/Resteasy/pull/533 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ronsigal/Resteasy/commit/9b7d0f574cafdcf3bea5428f3145ab4908fc6d83 PatchThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-3490), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.