SCA: security update for org.keycloak:keycloak-core (GHSA-959q-32g8-vvp7)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423376

Description

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

- It was found that keycloak before 3.4.2 final would permit misuse of a client-side /etc/hosts entry to
spoof a URL in a password reset request. An attacker could use this flaw to craft a malicious password
reset request and gain a valid reset token, leading to information disclosure or further attacks.
(CVE-2017-12161)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-959q-32g8-vvp7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423376

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12161

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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: 2/21/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12161

cwe: CWE-602