# CVE-2016-5406: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can gain privileges in JBoss EAP due to failure to propagate administrative RBAC configuration to all slaves.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 26 Sep 2016
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5rw6-f2f7-548c

## What is CVE-2016-5406?

CVE-2016-5406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 26 Sep 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The domain controller in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7.x before 7.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging failure to propagate administrative RBAC configuration to all slaves.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5406?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-5406?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2016-5406 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5406 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform

- [CVE-2017-12149](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12149/): Red Hat JBoss Application Server Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-1428](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1428/): Red Hat JBoss Information Disclosure (medium 5.9, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-0738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0738/): Red Hat JBoss Authentication Bypass (low 3.7, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2016-3690](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3690/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-7504](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7504/): Deserialization in JBoss (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-5406 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-5406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 26 Sep 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5406 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5406/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5406/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5406
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5406
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5406

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