CVE-2017-12160

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-12160
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-26 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionIt was found that Keycloak oauth would permit an authenticated resource to obtain an access/refresh token pair from the authentication server, permitting indefinite usage in the case of permission revocation. An attacker on an already compromised resource could use this flaw to grant himself continued permissions and possibly conduct further attacks.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.2 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-285 | CWE-287 | CWE-285 CWE-285

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.2HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Keycloak - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Red Hat Inc. Keycloak affected 3.4.0 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
1484154 – (CVE-2017-12160) CVE-2017-12160 keycloak: resource privilege extension via access token in oauth af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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