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GHSA-V436-Q368-HVGG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-12 23:39 – Updated: 2023-01-23 18:47

Summary

Keycloak has lack of validation of access token on client registrations endpoint

Details

When a service account with the create-client or manage-clients role can use the client-registration endpoints to create/manage clients with an access token.

If the access token is leaked, there is an option to revoke the specific token. However, the check is not performed in client-registration endpoints.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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  "id": "GHSA-v436-q368-hvgg",
  "modified": "2023-01-23T18:47:54Z",
  "published": "2023-01-12T23:39:39Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  ],
  "summary": "Keycloak has lack of validation of access token on client registrations endpoint"
}

CVE-2023-0091 (GCVE-0-2023-0091)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-11 20:44 – Updated: 2025-04-09 14:09

Summary

A flaw was found in Keycloak, where it did not properly check client tokens for possible revocation in its client credential flow. This flaw allows an attacker to access or modify potentially sensitive information.

Severity

3.8 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-09 14:08 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0091

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
redhat.com	Keycloak	Unknown: n/a

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