CVE-2023-4918 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-4918

Plaintext storage of user password

Vulnerability Description

A flaw was found in the Keycloak package, more specifically org.keycloak.userprofile. When a user registers itself through registration flow, the "password" and "password-confirm" field from the form will occur as regular user attributes. All users and clients with proper rights and roles are able to read users attributes, allowing a malicious user with minimal access to retrieve the users passwords in clear text, jeopardizing their environment.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Upstream acknowledges Niko Köbler as the original reporter.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

keycloak, Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
Vulnerable Versions:
22.0.3

Timeline

Official Publish: September 12th, 2023
Last Modified: September 25th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)