GHSA-72vp-xfrc-42xm — keycloak-services
HIGHGHSA-72vp-xfrc-42xm 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 traversal vulnerability 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 GHSA-72vp-xfrc-42xm.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-72vp-xfrc-42xm by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 379,842 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
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. An attacker can use this flaw to construct a malicious request to bypass validation and access other URLs and potentially sensitive information within the domain or possibly conduct further attacks. This flaw affects any client that utilizes a wildcard in the Valid Redirect URIs field.
Acknowledgements:
Special thanks to Axel Flamcourt for reporting this issue and helping us improve our project.
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 |
Affected Products
build of keycloakredhatjboss middleware text-only advisoriesredhatkeycloakredhatmigration toolkit for applicationsredhatmigration toolkit for runtimesredhatopenshift container platformredhatDetection & 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 GHSA-72vp-xfrc-42xm is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.
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.
No current mitigation is available for this vulnerability.Source: Red Hat security advisory for GHSA-72vp-xfrc-42xm (CC BY 4.0)
| 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
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