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SCA: security update for org.keycloak:keycloak-core (GHSA-m9cj-v55f-8x26)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416873

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A flaw was found in Keycloak before version 12.0.0 where it is possible to update the user's metadata
 attributes using Account REST API. This flaw allows an attacker to change its own NameID attribute to
 impersonate the admin user for any particular application. (CVE-2020-27826)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m9cj-v55f-8x26

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 416873

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 5/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 6.91

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27826

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.2

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27826

cwe: CWE-250