# CVE-2023-2422: Keycloak: oauth client impersonation

- Also known as: GHSA-3QH5-QQJ2-C78F
- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 21.1.2
- Published: 2023-10-04 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- keycloak-oauth: version range not reported
- rh-sso7-keycloak: version range not reported
- rh-sso7-keycloak: version range not reported
- rh-sso7-keycloak: version range not reported
- rh-sso-7/sso76-openshift-rhel8: version range not reported
- org.keycloak:keycloak-services (Maven): fixed in 21.1.2

## Description

A flaw was found in Keycloak. A Keycloak server configured to support mTLS authentication for OAuth/OpenID clients does not properly verify the client certificate chain. A client that possesses a proper certificate can authorize itself as any other client, therefore, access data that belongs to other clients.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on keycloak-oauth, rh-sso7-keycloak, rh-sso-7/sso76-openshift-rhel8 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (21.1.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3883
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3884
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3885
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3888
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3892
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2422
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2191668

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