CVSS 3.0
6.5 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NCVE-2016-8629
Red Hat Keycloak before version 2.4.0 did not correctly check permissions when handling service account user deletion requests sent to the rest server. An attacker with service account authentication could use this flaw to bypass normal permissions and delete users in a separate realm.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 79% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-264, CWE-284
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- redhat:keycloak
- redhat:single_sign_on
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-778x-2mqv-w6xw | Maven | org.keycloak:keycloak-core | <2.4.0 | 2.4.0 |