CVE-2024-1132 — keycloak-services
HIGHCVE-2024-1132 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.1) Path Traversal vulnerability in org.keycloak:keycloak-services. A fix is available for org.keycloak:keycloak-services — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Keycloak: path transversal in redirection validation
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-1132.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2024-1132 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,333 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
org.keycloak:keycloak-services☕org.keycloak:keycloak-servicesReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
A flaw was found in Keycloak, where it does not properly validate URLs included in a redirect. This issue could allow an attacker to construct a malicious request to bypass validation and access other URLs and sensitive information within the domain or conduct further attacks. This flaw affects any client that utilizes a wildcard in the Valid Redirect URIs field, and requires user interaction within the malicious URL.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.keycloak:keycloak-services | all versions | 22.0.10org.keycloak:keycloak-services:22.0.10 |
| ☕Maven | org.keycloak:keycloak-services | ≥ 23.0.0&&< 24.0.3 | 24.0.3org.keycloak:keycloak-services:24.0.3 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.keycloak:keycloak-services, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.keycloak:keycloak-services to 22.0.10 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-1132 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2024-1132 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2024-1132. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
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 Build of Quarkus is not impacted as this CVE affects the server-side Keycloak execution, but Quarkus only acts as a Keycloak client in its quarkus-keycloak-authorization extension. For this reason, Quarkus is marked as having a Low impact.
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Migration Toolkit for Runtimes 1 on RHEL 8 | mtr/mtr-operator-bundle:1.2-23 | RHSA-2024:3919 |
| MTA-6.2-RHEL-9 | mta/mta-windup-addon-rhel9:6.2.3-2 | RHSA-2024:3989 |
| Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 | see advisory | RHSA-2024:3752 |
| Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 | keycloak | RHSA-2024:3762 |
| Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 | see advisory | RHSA-2024:2945 |
| Red Hat build of Keycloak 22 | rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle:22.0.10-1 | RHSA-2024:1867 |
| Red Hat build of Keycloak 22.0.10 | keycloak | RHSA-2024:1868 |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 7 | rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.13-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso | RHSA-2024:1860 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2024-1132 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2024-1132 across Maven dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.