CVE-2020-10740

MEDIUMNVD 6.66.6—

6.6

A vulnerability was found in Wildfly in versions before 20.0.0.Final, where a remote deserialization attack is possible in the Enterprise Application Beans(EJB) due to lack of validation/filtering capabilities in wildfly.

CVSS v3: 6.6
EG Score: 6.6(medium)
EPSS: 59.3%
KEV: Not listed

Published

June 22, 2020

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (2)

secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10740
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10740

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-10740(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

RHSA-2020:5568
Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Fuse 7.8.0 release and security update

Patch Availability(12)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
redhat	eap7-wildfly-openssl-linux-0:1.0.12-6.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7	2025-06-25	redhat
redhat	wildfly	2020-12-16	redhat
redhat	eap7-wildfly-transaction-client-0:1.1.11-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap	2020-09-07	redhat
redhat	eap7-wildfly-transaction-client-0:1.1.11-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap	2020-09-07	redhat
redhat	patch	2020-09-07	redhat
redhat	eap7-wildfly-transaction-client-0:1.1.11-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap	2020-09-07	redhat
redhat	patch	2020-09-02	redhat
redhat	eap7-wildfly-http-client-0:1.0.22-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap	2020-08-17	redhat
redhat	eap7-wildfly-http-client-0:1.0.22-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap	2020-08-17	redhat
redhat	eap7-wildfly-http-client-0:1.0.22-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap	2020-08-17	redhat
redhat	eap7-wildfly-naming-client-0:1.0.13-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap	2020-07-23	redhat
redhat	patch	2020-07-23	redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)

Maven(1)

Package	Vulnerable range	Fixed in	Dependents
org.wildfly:wildfly-parent	10.0.0.Alpha1 ... 9.0.2.Final (67 versions)	20.0.0.Final	—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Additional Vendor Advisories

(16)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 18× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2020-10740?

CVE-2020-10740 is a medium vulnerability published on June 22, 2020. A vulnerability was found in Wildfly in versions before 20.0.0.Final, where a remote deserialization attack is possible in the Enterprise Application Beans(EJB) due to lack of validation/filtering capabilities in wildfly.

When was CVE-2020-10740 disclosed?

CVE-2020-10740 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 22, 2020, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2020-10740 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-10740 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 59.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-10740?

CVE-2020-10740 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.6 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2020-10740?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-10740, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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