CVE-2023-3597 (GCVE-0-2023-3597)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-25 12:20 – Updated: 2025-11-11 15:57
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Keycloak: secondary factor bypass in step-up authentication
Summary
A flaw was found in Keycloak, where it does not correctly validate its client step-up authentication in org.keycloak.authentication. This flaw allows a remote user authenticated with a password to register a false second authentication factor along with an existing one and bypass authentication.
Severity
5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-02 15:08 UTC
CWE
- CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1866 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1867 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1868 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3597 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2221760 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
Impacted products
6 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Affected:
0 , < 22.0.10
(semver)
Affected: 23.0.0 , < 24.0.3 (semver) |
|||
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Keycloak 22 |
Unaffected:
22.0.10-1 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:22::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Keycloak 22 |
Unaffected:
22-13 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:22::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Keycloak 22 |
Unaffected:
22-16 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:22::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Keycloak 22.0.10 |
cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:22
|
|
| Red Hat | RHSSO 7.6.8 |
cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7.6
|
Date Public
2024-04-15 00:00
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