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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2023-0105 json

Keycloak: Impersonation and lockout possible through incorrect handling of email trust

published 2023-01-11 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-c7xw-p58w-h6fj , EUVD-2023-2025

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in Keycloak. This flaw allows impersonation and lockout due to the email trust not being handled correctly in Keycloak. An attacker can shadow other users with the same email and lockout or impersonate them.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.keycloak:keycloak-core 22.0.1
  • rh-sso7-keycloak red hat single sign on 7.6 18.0.11-2.redhat_00001.1.el9sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak-server red hat single sign on 7.6 18.0.11-2.redhat_00001.1.el9sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak red hat single sign on 7.6 18.0.11-2.redhat_00001.1.el8sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak-server red hat single sign on 7.6 18.0.11-2.redhat_00001.1.el8sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak red hat single sign on 7.6 18.0.11-2.redhat_00001.1.el7sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak-server red hat single sign on 7.6 18.0.11-2.redhat_00001.1.el7sso

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:7484RHSA-2023:7483RHSA-2023:7482

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-0105 updated cvss 6.3

keycloak: impersonation and lockout possible through incorrect handling of email trust

  • Red Hat Middleware Containers for OpenShift rh-sso-7/sso76-openshift-rhel8 7.6-36
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7486
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7488
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 7 Server rh-sso7-keycloak 18.0.11-2.redhat_00001.1.el7sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server 18.0.11-2.redhat_00001.1.el7sso
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7482
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 8 rh-sso7-keycloak 18.0.11-2.redhat_00001.1.el8sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server 18.0.11-2.redhat_00001.1.el8sso
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7483
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 9 rh-sso7-keycloak 18.0.11-2.redhat_00001.1.el9sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server 18.0.11-2.redhat_00001.1.el9sso
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7484

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.keycloak:keycloak-core
<22.0.1
22.0.1

Affected products

  • redhat.com Keycloak

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication
  • CWE-841 Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.