#VU21706 Insufficiently protected credentials in Keycloak - CVE-2019-3868 

 

#VU21706 Insufficiently protected credentials in Keycloak - CVE-2019-3868

Published: October 10, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU21706
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3868
CWE-ID: CWE-522
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Keycloak
Software vendor:
Keycloak

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to hijack user's session.

The vulnerability exists due to software may use the end user token (access or id token JWT) as a session cookie for browser sessions for OIDC. A remote attacker that has access to the service provider backend can hijack the user's browser session and gain unauthorized access to the application.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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