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Authentication Bypass in keycloak

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 18, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

maven org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven)

Affected versions

< 12.0.0

Patched versions

12.0.0

Description

A flaw was found in Keycloak before version 12.0.0 where it is possible to update the user's metadata attributes using Account REST API. This flaw allows an attacker to change its own NameID attribute to impersonate the admin user for any particular application.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 28, 2021
Reviewed Jun 1, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 18, 2022
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.054%
(24th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-27826

GHSA ID

GHSA-m9cj-v55f-8x26

Source code

No known source code
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