CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-4133

HIGH
8.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A flaw was found in Keycloak in versions from 12.0.0 and before 15.1.1 which allows an attacker with any existing user account to create new default user accounts via the administrative REST API even when new user registration is disabled.

How to fix

Remediation Available
keycloakNVD
Affected:>= 12.0.0, < 15.1.1Fixed in:15.1.1CVE-2021-4133derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.35%probability of exploitation in 30 days
68thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 68% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

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