A vulnerability in the GenericAdminAuthenticator component of Azul Payara Server and Azul Payara Micro allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to bypass JMX/RMI administrative access restrictions by spoofing the client host address. Successful exploitation can grant administrative access to the MBean server and lead to remote code execution. Azul Payara Micro is affected only when its JMX connector is enabled.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

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No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Azul Payara Payara Server unaffected
Version Status Constraints
7.0.0 affected < 7.6.0
7.2024.1.Alpha1 affected < 7.2026.11
6.0.0 affected < 6.44.0
6.2022.1 affected ≤ 6.2025.11
5.20.0 affected < 5.93.0
5.181 affected ≤ 5.201.2
5.2020.2 affected ≤ 5.2022.5
4.1.2.191 affected < 4.1.2.191.61
Azul Payara Payara Micro unaffected
Version Status Constraints
7.0.0 affected < 7.6.0
7.2024.1.Alpha1 affected < 7.2026.11
6.0.0 affected < 6.44.0
6.2022.1 affected ≤ 6.2025.11
5.20.0 affected < 5.93.0
5.181 affected ≤ 5.201.2
5.2020.2 affected ≤ 5.2022.5
4.1.1.154.1 affected < 4.1.2.191.61

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References
Link Providers
https://docs.azul.com/payara-community/release-notes/release-notes-7.2026.11.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://docs.azul.com/payara/release-notes/release-notes-7.6.0.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://docs.azul.com/payara/version/4/release-notes/release-notes-4.1.2.191.61.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://docs.azul.com/payara/version/5/release-notes/release-notes-5.93.0.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://docs.azul.com/payara/version/6/release-notes/release-notes-6.44.0.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability in the GenericAdminAuthenticator component of Azul Payara Server and Azul Payara Micro allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to bypass JMX/RMI administrative access restrictions by spoofing the client host address. Successful exploitation can grant administrative access to the MBean server and lead to remote code execution. Azul Payara Micro is affected only when its JMX connector is enabled.
Title Azul Payara JMX/RMI Remote Authentication Bypass Leading to Remote Code Execution via GenericAdminAuthenticator
Weaknesses CWE-807
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Payara

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-12T08:53:29.043Z

Reserved: 2026-09-14T10:40:08.296Z

Link: CVE-2026-90908

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-12T09:16:40.297

Modified: 2026-11-12T09:16:40.297

Link: CVE-2026-90908

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