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CVE-2016-8629
Red Hat Keycloak before version 2.4.0 did not correctly check permissions when handling service account user deletion requests sent to the…
Medium6.5EPSS 1.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Red Hat Keycloak before version 2.4.0 did not correctly check permissions when handling service account user deletion requests sent to the rest server. An attacker with service account authentication could use this flaw to bypass normal permissions and delete users in a separate realm.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Red Hat, Inc. · Keycloak
- affected 2.4.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.keycloak:keycloak-coreGHSA-778x-2mqv-w6xw (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- RHSA-2017:0876 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1038180 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388988 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 97392 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0873 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0872 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-778x-2mqv-w6xw (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .