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CVE-2023-3597 — A flaw was found in Keycloak, where it does not correctly validate its client st

A flaw was found in Keycloak, where it does not correctly validate its client step-up authentication in org.keycloak.authentication. This flaw allows a remote user authenticated with a password to register a false second authentication factor along with an existing one and bypass

CVSS
5.0 MEDIUM
EPSS
10.00% (top 71.80%)
CWE
CWE-287
Published
2024-04-25T12:20:11.606Z
Last modified
2025-11-11T15:57:27.827Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

01What is this vulnerability?

A flaw was found in Keycloak, where it does not correctly validate its client step-up authentication in org.keycloak.authentication. This flaw allows a remote user authenticated with a password to register a false second authentication factor along with an existing one and bypass authentication.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
??0, 23.0.0
Red HatRed Hat build of Keycloak 2222.0.10-1
Red HatRed Hat build of Keycloak 2222-13
Red HatRed Hat build of Keycloak 2222-16
Red HatRed Hat build of Keycloak 22.0.10unspecified
Red HatRHSSO 7.6.8unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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