CVE-2024-11736

Description

A vulnerability was found in Keycloak. Admin users may have to access sensitive server environment variables and system properties through user-configurable URLs. When configuring backchannel logout URLs or admin URLs, admin users can include placeholders like ${env.VARNAME} or ${PROPNAME}. The server replaces these placeholders with the actual values of environment variables or system properties during URL processing.

Statement

Red Hat has evaluated this vulnerability and it only affects Keycloak. This should not affect any connector or adapter.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score4.9N/A4.9
Attack VectorNetworkN/ANetwork
Attack ComplexityLowN/ALow
Privileges RequiredHighN/AHigh
User InteractionNoneN/ANone
ScopeUnchangedN/AUnchanged
ConfidentialityHighN/AHigh
Integrity ImpactNoneN/ANone
Availability ImpactNoneN/ANone

Vector

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

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

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-526

Confidentiality

Technical Impact: Read Application Data

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Steven Hawkins (Red Hat).

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