Auth bypass in Red Hat Build Of Keycloak 22

CVE-2023-3597

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-3597: held from 0.006 to 0.006.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-3597?
CVE-2023-3597 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Build Of Keycloak 22, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2024-04-25.
How severe is CVE-2023-3597?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.