CVE-2010-0738: Red Hat JBoss Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
- Is it exploited?
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 25 May 2022, 4,410 days after the CVE record was published.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 73.8%
EPSS score, percentile 99.5 of all scored records
- How severe?
- 3.7 Low
CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record
- What should I do?
CISA deadline 15 Jun 2022. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Which versions are affected?
Not stated. The CVE record gives vendor and product as “n/a” and the version as “unspecified”.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
What to do
Required action, set by CISA
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA due date for this action: 15 June 2022.
Advisories and patches
Linked from CISA's catalog entry
Affected products and versions
The CVE record does not name affected products or versions: vendor and product are “n/a” and the version is “unspecified”.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
About this vulnerability
The JMX-Console web application in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 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.
Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA added CVE-2010-0738 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 25 May 2022.
- CISA marks it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns.
- The due date CISA sets for the required action is 15 Jun 2022.
- The CVE record was published on 28 Apr 2010, 4,410 days before it was added to KEV.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 3.7 (Low), taken from CISA's enrichment of the record.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 73.8% (percentile 99.5), as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact partial.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
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.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
Weakness
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 28 Apr 2010 | CVE record published |
| 25 May 2022 | Added to CISA KEV |
| 15 Jun 2022 | CISA due date for the required action |
| 1 Oct 2026 | CVE record last updated |
References
1 more in the CVE record.
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