# CVE-2026-17614: Wildfly-core: path traversal on wildfly domain controller

> Remote attackers with slave host controller access can exploit path traversal in WildFly domain mode to read arbitrary sensitive files from the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-62xj-w627-m337

## What is CVE-2026-17614?

CVE-2026-17614 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7, published on 4 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A path traversal flaw was found in WildFly's domain mode
  implementation. The LocalFileRepository.getFile() and
  getConfigurationFile() methods in
  wildfly-core/deployment-repository do not validate that the
  resolved file path remains within the configured repository or
  configuration root directories. A remote attacker who has
  obtained the slave host controller secret or compromised a slave
  host controller can supply a crafted relative path containing
  directory traversal sequences (e.g., ../../etc/passwd) via the
  slave-DC wire protocol, causing the Domain Controller to resolve
  and serve arbitrary files readable by the DC process. This leads
  to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information such as
  configuration files, keystores, and system credentials.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-17614?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-17614?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-17614 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-17614 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-17614 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-17614 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-17614 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7, published on 4 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-17614 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7. 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-2026-17614/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17614/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-17614
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17614
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-17614

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17614/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.