CVE-2017-12161

It was found that keycloak before 3.4.2 final would permit misuse of a client-side /etc/hosts entry to spoof a URL in a password reset request. An attacker could use this flaw to craft a malicious password reset request and gain a valid reset token, leading to information disclosure or further attacks.

Score

CVSS 3.0 8.8 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2018-02-21

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-602, CWE-640

Affected products

• Keycloak (Keycloak)
• Keycloak (Red Hat Inc.)

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484564
• https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak-documentation/pull/268/commits/a2b58aadee42af2c375b72e86dffc2cf23cc3770