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Improper Certificate Validation and Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Keycloak

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 27, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

maven org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven)

Affected versions

<= 6.0.1

Patched versions

None

Description

A vulnerability was found in keycloak before 6.0.2. The X.509 authenticator supports the verification of client certificates through the CRL, where the CRL list can be obtained from the URL provided in the certificate itself (CDP) or through the separately configured path. The CRL are often available over the network through unsecured protocols ('http' or 'ldap') and hence the caller should verify the signature and possibly the certification path. Keycloak currently doesn't validate signatures on CRL, which can result in a possibility of various attacks like man-in-the-middle.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 12, 2019
Reviewed Jun 27, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 27, 2019
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS score

0.064%
(30th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-3875

GHSA ID

GHSA-38cg-gg9j-q9j9

Source code

No known source code
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