CVE-2023-2422

Keycloak: oauth client impersonation

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: October 4, 2023 at 10:59 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:52 AM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsOpenShift Container PlatformSingle Sign onKeycloak

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A flaw was found in Keycloak. A Keycloak server configured to support mTLS authentication for OAuth/OpenID clients does not properly verify the client certificate chain. A client that possesses a proper certificate can authorize itself as any other client, therefore, access data that belongs to other clients.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
redhat-enterprise-linux (environment)
redhat-enterprise-linux (environment)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:18.0.8-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:18.0.8-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:18.0.8-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.6.4 (unaffected)
redhat-enterprise-linux (environment)
All versions

References (7)

VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2422
Issue Trackingx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2191668

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-295

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