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Medium severity · published Mar 12, 2018
CVE-2016-8629
Red Hat Keycloak before version 2.4.0 did not correctly check permissions when handling service account user deletion requests sent to the rest server
6.5
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Red Hat Keycloak before version 2.4.0 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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Keycloak · Redhat
before 2.4.0 · source: NVD
SS
Single Sign ON · Redhat
7.1; 7.2 · source: NVD
Affected product
KE
Keycloak
Redhat
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8629
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8629
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0876.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97392
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038180
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0872
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0873
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388988
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