CVE-2017-12161

HIGH

Keycloak < 3.4.2 - Password Reset Token Spoofing via Hosts File Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484564

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0135
EPSS Percentile 67.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-640 CWE-602
Status published
Products (2)
keycloak/keycloak < 3.4.2
org.keycloak/keycloak-core 0 - 3.4.2Maven
Published Feb 21, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026