Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in Keycloak - CVE-2024-4629

 

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in Keycloak - CVE-2024-4629

Published: September 18, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU97468
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 9.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4629
CWE-ID: CWE-307
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a brute-force attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling unsuccessful login attempts. A remote attacker can initiate multiple login requests simultaneously and bypass the configured limits for failed attempts before the system locks them out.


Affected software

Keycloak
Red Hat Single Sign-On
rh-sso7-keycloak (Red Hat package)
Red Hat build of Keycloak

How to mitigate CVE-2024-4629

Install updates from vendor's website.

Keycloak - addressed in versions 22.0.12, 24.0.7, 25.0.4
Red Hat Single Sign-On - update to 7.6.10
rh-sso7-keycloak (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 18.0.16-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso, 18.0.16-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso, 18.0.16-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso
Red Hat build of Keycloak - update to 22.0.12

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