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SCA: security update for org.keycloak:keycloak-core (GHSA-778x-2mqv-w6xw)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423064

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2016-8629)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-778x-2mqv-w6xw

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423064

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8629

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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: 10/18/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8629

BID: 97392

cwe: CWE-284