CVE-2017-15112 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) Information Exposure vulnerability in keycloak-httpd-client-install. A fix is available for keycloak-httpd-client-install — see the affected versions and patch details below.
keycloak-httpd-client-install Insecure Secrets
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
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Description
keycloak-httpd-client-install versions before 0.8 allow users to insecurely pass password through command line, leaking it via command history and process info to other local users.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | keycloak-httpd-client-install | all versions | 0.8pip install --upgrade 'keycloak-httpd-client-install==0.8' |
Affected Products
keycloak-httpd-client-installkeycloak-httpd-client-install_projectDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for keycloak-httpd-client-install, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update keycloak-httpd-client-install to 0.8 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2017-15112 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Assume what was exposed is already known: rotate any credential, token or key that the affected component could return, restrict the endpoint to callers that genuinely need it, and strip sensitive fields from responses and error output at the boundary rather than relying on the client not to read them.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having security impact of Low. This issue may be fixed in a future version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. OpenStack users please note, this issue is present in: * Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka) * Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton) * Red Hat OpenStack…
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | keycloak-httpd-client-install-0:0.8-1.el7 | RHSA-2019:2137 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2017-15112 in your dependencies?
Find it across PyPI, including transitive dependencies.