Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Keycloak can be abused through its OIDC login-check iframe because cross-origin messages are not properly validated. An attacker who can induce user interaction may trigger large volumes of requests, causing availability impact against identity services and applications that depend on them.
Executive priority
High priority for organizations relying on affected Keycloak or Red Hat identity products. The main business risk is login and authentication disruption, not data theft, based on the provided CVSS and description.
Technical view
CVE-2024-1249 is CWE-346 in Keycloak OIDC checkLoginIframe. The CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H, reflecting unauthenticated network reachability, required user interaction, changed scope, and high availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most relevant where affected Keycloak, Red Hat build of Keycloak 22, Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6, RH SSO containers, or listed RHOSS 1.33 packages are deployed and reachable by browsers.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or confirmed active exploitation. It describes a denial-of-service scenario where attackers coordinate browser-driven request volume through unvalidated cross-origin messages. Treat exploit status as unconfirmed from the provided evidence.
Researcher notes
Focus validation on origin handling around OIDC checkLoginIframe and whether deployed builds include the vendor fix. Do not assume confidentiality or integrity impact; the provided vector and description support availability impact only.
Mitigation direction
- Apply the relevant Red Hat security advisory updates for deployed affected products.
- Check Keycloak and Red Hat guidance for fixed versions before changing production.
- Prioritize identity-provider instances exposed to users or the internet.
- Review dependent applications for resilience if authentication services become unavailable.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Keycloak, RH SSO, and Red Hat build of Keycloak package versions.
- Compare installed packages against the affected versions listed in the CVE bundle.
- Confirm whether RHSA updates 2024:1860 through 2024:4057 apply to your environment.
- Validate remediation in staging before production rollout.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.4 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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SSVC decision data
CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H2.84redhatVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.4HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Vulnerability timeline
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- Source timelineredhat
Reported to Red Hat.
- CVE reservedCVE Program
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- Source timelineredhat
Made public.
- CVE publishedCVE Program
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- CVE updatedCVE Program
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ADP provider summaries
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- RHSA-2024:1860CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:1861CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:1862CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:1864CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:1866CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:1867CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:1868CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:2945CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:4057CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1249CVE reference, redhat · vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2262918CVE reference, redhat · issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Origin Validation Error
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