CVE-2024-11736
Org.keycloak:keycloak-quarkus-server: unrestricted admin use of system and environment variables
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 54th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
A vulnerability was found in Keycloak. Admin users may have to access sensitive server environment variables and system properties through user-configurable URLs. When configuring backchannel logout URLs or admin URLs, admin users can include placeholders like ${env.VARNAME} or ${PROPNAME}. The server replaces these placeholders with the actual values of environment variables or system properties during URL processing.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.8% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 54th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
15 events over 594 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availableworkaround available, record updated
- Patch availablepatch available, workaround available, workaround available, record updated, record updated
- OpenVAS check added
- Patch availableworkaround available, published, weakness classified, record updated
Affected products
- Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.0DevTools & CI
- RHBK 26.0.8Operating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Build of KeycloakWeb & CMS Plugins
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion PackOperating Systems / linux-distro
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Scored 4.9 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required HighRequires admin or elevated privileges
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability NoneNo availability impact
Weaknesses
Sources
References in the record
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0299
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0300
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11736
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