# CVE-2010-0738: Red Hat JBoss Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

> CVE-2010-0738: Red Hat JBoss Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. CVSS 3.7 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2010-0738
Last updated: 2026-10-01T19:23:44Z

- Published: 2010-04-28 22:00 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-01 19:23 UTC · Assigner: redhat
- CVSS: 3.7 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Low · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS: 73.8%, 99th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-05-25, federal due date 2022-06-15, ransomware use: Known

## Description

The JMX-Console web application in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) 4.2 before 4.2.0.CP09 and 4.3 before 4.3.0.CP08 performs access control only for the GET and POST methods, which allows remote attackers to send requests to this application's GET handler by using a different method.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Red Hat: JBoss

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0738)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0738)
- [http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132129312609324&w=2](http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132129312609324&w=2)
- [http://public.support.unisys.com/common/public/vulnerability/NVD\_Detail\_Rpt.aspx?ID=35](http://public.support.unisys.com/common/public/vulnerability/NVD_Detail_Rpt.aspx?ID=35)
- [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show\_bug.cgi?id=574105](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=574105)
- [http://secunia.com/advisories/39563](http://secunia.com/advisories/39563)
- [http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8408](http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8408)
- [http://securitytracker.com/id?1023918](http://securitytracker.com/id?1023918)
- [https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58147](https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58147)
- [https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0376.html](https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0376.html)
- [https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0377.html](https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0377.html)
- [https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0378.html](https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0378.html)
- [https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0379.html](https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0379.html)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39710](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39710)
- [http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0992](http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0992)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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