Medium severity · published Mar 9, 2021
CVE-2021-20262
A flaw was found in Keycloak 12.0.0 where re-authentication does not occur while updating the password
6.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in Keycloak 12.0.0 where re-authentication does not occur while updating the password. This flaw allows an attacker to take over an account if they can obtain temporary, physical access to a user’s browser. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Keycloak · Redhat
12.0.0 · source: NVD
SS
Single Sign-on · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20262
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20262
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1933639
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