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GHSA-9695-w6h2-jpv9 CVE-2020-10686

Keycloak users may be able to remove MFA from other users' devices

Medium Maven
Severity
4.7 / 10
Medium · CVSS 3.1
Exploit chance (EPSS)
0.65%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 51.34% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-285 Improper Authorization
Fix
9.0.2
Upgrade org.keycloak:keycloak-core to this version or later

Description

A community-only flaw was found where a malicious user can register himself and then uses the "remove devices" form to post different credential ids with the hope of removing MFA devices for other users.

Affected versions

Maven

PackageVulnerableFixed in
org.keycloak:keycloak-core
< 9.0.2
9.0.2

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

org.keycloak:keycloak-core Maven → 9.0.2

maven
<dependency><groupId>org.keycloak</groupId><artifactId>keycloak-core</artifactId><version>9.0.2</version></dependency>
gradle
implementation("org.keycloak:keycloak-core:9.0.2")

Severity breakdown

CVSS 3.1 4.7

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

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

Weakness

CWE-285: Improper Authorization

The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

How to prevent it
  • Architecture and Design: Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries. Note that this approach may not protect against horizontal authorization, i.e., it will not protect a user from attacking others with the same role.
  • Architecture and Design: Ensure that you perform access control checks related to your business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that you apply to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records. For example, a database may restrict access for medical records to a specific database user, but each record might only be intended to be accessible to the patient and the patient's doctor.
  • Architecture and Design: Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid. For example, consider using authorization frameworks such as the JAAS Authorization Framework [REF-233] and the OWASP ESAPI Access Control feature [REF-45].
  • Architecture and Design: For web applications, make sure that the access control mechanism is enforced correctly at the server side on every page. Users should not be able to access any unauthorized functionality or information by simply requesting direct access to that page. One way to do this is to ensure that all pages containing sensitive information are not cached, and that all such pages restrict access to requests that are accompanied by an active and authenticated session token associated with a user who has the required permissions to access that page.
  • System Configuration, Installation: Use the access control capabilities of your operating system and server environment and define your access control lists accordingly. Use a "default deny" policy when defining these ACLs.

References

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Last updated by the source
  3. Latest EPSS score
AdvisorySeverityWhy it's related
GHSA-q4xq-445g-g6ch
Keycloak allows cross-site scripting (XSS)
Low Also affects org.keycloak:keycloak-core
GHSA-93ww-43rr-79v3
Keycloak mTLS Authentication Bypass via Reverse Proxy TLS Termination
High Also affects org.keycloak:keycloak-core
GHSA-w97f-w3hq-36g2
Keycloak Denial of Service vulnerability
High Also affects org.keycloak:keycloak-core
GHSA-xmmm-jw76-q7vg
Keycloaks's One Time Passcode (OTP) is valid longer than expiration timeSeverity
Medium Also affects org.keycloak:keycloak-core
GHSA-g4gc-rh26-m3p5
Keycloak Open Redirect vulnerability
Medium Also affects org.keycloak:keycloak-core
GHSA-9vm7-v8wj-3fqw
keycloak-core: open redirect via "form_post.jwt" JARM response mode
Medium Also affects org.keycloak:keycloak-core
GHSA-5q66-v53q-pm35
Keycloak vulnerable to Plaintext Storage of User Password
High Also affects org.keycloak:keycloak-core
GHSA-5cc8-pgp5-7mpm
Keycloak Untrusted Certificate Validation vulnerability
Medium Also affects org.keycloak:keycloak-core
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