CVE-2019-10201 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in keycloak

High 8.1 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass SAML signature verification to impersonate users and access sensitive information in Keycloak.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-10201?

CVE-2019-10201 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Redhat Keycloak, published on 14 Aug 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

It was found that Keycloak's SAML broker, versions up to 6.0.1, did not verify missing message signatures. If an attacker modifies the SAML Response and removes the <Signature> sections, the message is still accepted, and the message can be modified. An attacker could use this flaw to impersonate other users and gain access to sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-347, CWE-592

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10201?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.keycloak:keycloak-core. It affects 2 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.keycloak:keycloak-core MavenAll versions7.0.0
org.keycloak:keycloak-core MavenAll versions7.0.0

Products include Redhat Keycloak, Redhat Single Sign-On.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10201?

Upgrade org.keycloak:keycloak-core to 7.0.0 or later.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2019-10201 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10201 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Redhat Keycloak vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4fgq-gq9g-3rw7.

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