GHSA-c9x9-xv66-xp3v CVE-2020-14389
Improper privilege management in Keycloak
- Severity
- 8.1 / 10
- High · CVSS 3.1
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 0.82%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 57.32% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
- CWE-916 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort
- Fix
12.0.0- Upgrade org.keycloak:keycloak-core to this version or later
Description
A flaw was found in Keycloak, where it would permit a user with a view-profile role to manage the resources in the new account console. This flaw allows a user with a view-profile role to access and modify data for which the user does not have adequate permission.
Affected versions
Maven
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| org.keycloak:keycloak-core | < 12.0.0 |
12.0.0 |
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 → 12.0.0
- maven
<dependency><groupId>org.keycloak</groupId><artifactId>keycloak-core</artifactId><version>12.0.0</version></dependency>- gradle
implementation("org.keycloak:keycloak-core:12.0.0")
Severity breakdown
CVSS 3.1 8.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Weakness
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
How to prevent it
- Architecture and Design, Operation: Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
- Architecture and Design: Follow the principle of least privilege when assigning access rights to entities in a software system.
- Architecture and Design: Consider following the principle of separation of privilege. Require multiple conditions to be met before permitting access to a system resource.
CWE-916: Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort
The product generates a hash for a password, but it uses a scheme that does not provide a sufficient level of computational effort that would make password cracking attacks infeasible or expensive.
How to prevent it
- Architecture and Design: Use an adaptive hash function that can be configured to change the amount of computational effort needed to compute the hash, such as the number of iterations ("stretching") or the amount of memory required. Some hash functions perform salting automatically. These functions can significantly increase the overhead for a brute force attack compared to intentionally-fast functions such as MD5. For example, rainbow table attacks can become infeasible due to the high computing overhead. Finally, since computing power gets faster and cheaper over time, the technique can be reconfigured to increase the workload without forcing an entire replacement of the algorithm in use. Some hash functions that have one or more of these desired properties include bcrypt [REF-291], scrypt [REF-292], and PBKDF2 [REF-293]. While there is active debate about which of these is the most effective, they are all stronger than using salts with hash functions with very little computing overhead. Note that using these functions can have an impact on performance, so they require special consideration to avoid denial-of-service attacks. However, their configurability provides finer control over how much CPU and memory is used, so it could be adjusted to suit the environment's needs.
- Implementation, Architecture and Design: When using industry-approved techniques, use them correctly. Don't cut corners by skipping resource-intensive steps (CWE-325). These steps are often essential for preventing common attacks.
References
Advisories
Other links
Timeline
- Published
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why 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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