Vulnerability in org.keycloak:keycloak-core (CVE-2022-0225)
Summary
Vulnerability in org.keycloak:keycloak-core (CVE-2022-0225). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 20.0.0 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Summary
A Stored XSS vulnerability was reported in the Keycloak Security mailing list, affecting all the versions of Keycloak, including the latest release (16.0.1). The vulnerability allows a privileged attacker to execute malicious scripts in the admin console, abusing of the groups' dropdown functionality.
Impact
Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result a privileged attacker to load a XSS script, and steal data from other users. The impact can be considered moderate to low, considering privileged credentials are required.
References
- Please refer to the Keycloak Security mailing list for more information.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-0225 has been found in org.keycloak:keycloak-core.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade org.keycloak:keycloak-core to 20.0.0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "org.keycloak:keycloak-core CVE-2022-0225" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-0225 (org.keycloak:keycloak-core) — CWE-80
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable)
Patched: 20.0.0 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-80) exists in org.keycloak:keycloak-core.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of org.keycloak:keycloak-core.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 20.0.0.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで org.keycloak:keycloak-core を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Apply patch patch
Upgrade org.keycloak:keycloak-core to 20.0.0ステージング環境で 20.0.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- web github.com
- web bugzilla.redhat.com