Access Restriction Bypass Affecting org.keycloak:keycloak-services package, versions [,2.4.0.Final)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (67th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGKEYCLOAK-466326
  • published15 Mar 2018
  • disclosed28 Oct 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-8629  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.keycloak:keycloak-services to version 2.4.0.Final or higher.

Overview

org.keycloak:keycloak-services is an open source identity and access management solution for modern applications and services.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. It did not correctly check permissions when handling service account user deletion requests sent to the rest server. An attacker with service account authentication could use this flaw to bypass normal permissions and delete users in a separate realm.

CVSS Scores

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