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CVE-2022-1466 json

Improper authorization in Keycloak

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-f32v-vf79-p29q , EUVD-2022-1714

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Due to improper authorization, Red Hat Single Sign-On is vulnerable to users performing actions that they should not be allowed to perform. It was possible to add users to the master realm even though no respective permission was granted.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.keycloak:keycloak-core 17.0.1
  • redhat keycloak 17.0.1

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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-2022-1466 updated cvss 6.5

keycloak: Improper authorization for master realm

  • Red Hat RHSSO 7.5.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:0449
  • Red Hat Decision Manager 7 keycloak keycloak Red Hat Fuse 7 keycloak keycloak Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 keycloak keycloak Red Hat Process Automation 7 keycloak keycloak Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 rh-sso7-keycloak rh-sso7-keycloak Red Hat support for Spring Boot keycloak keycloak
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • syss.de https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-076.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • syss.de https://www.syss.de/pentest-blog/fehlerhafte-autorisierung-bei-red-hat-single-sign-on-750ga-syss-2021-076 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.keycloak:keycloak-core
<17.0.1
17.0.1

Affected products

  • n/a rhsso

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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