CVE-2023-3597
MEDIUM5.0EPSS 0.09%Keycloak secondary factor bypass in step-up authentication
Published: 4/17/2024Modified: 2/4/2026
Description
Keycloak does not correctly validate its client step-up authentication. A password-authed attacker could use this flaw to register a false second auth factor, alongside the existing one, to a targeted account. The second factor then permits step-up authentication.
Affected packages (1)
- Maven/org.keycloak:keycloak-servicesfrom 0, < 22.0.10
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
References (9)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3597
- PATCHhttps://github.com/keycloak/keycloak
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1866
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1867
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1868
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3597
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2221760
- WEBhttps://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/commit/aa634aee882892960a526e49982806e103c8a432
- WEBhttps://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/security/advisories/GHSA-4f53-xh3v-g8x4