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TI-2024-03757 Aliases CVE-2024-4028GHSA-q4xq-445g-g6ch

Keycloak-core: stored xss in keycloak when creating a items in admin console

Priority LOW 18CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

A vulnerability was found in Keycloak. This issue may allow a privileged attacker to use a malicious payload as the permission while creating items (Resource and Permissions) from the admin console, leading to a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00301 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial keycloak: 18.0.8Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—keycloak18.0.8 to before 18.0.818.0.8Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Build of Keycloak——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Single Sign-On 7——No fix listedCNA
—org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven)up to 26.1.2—No fix listedGHSA-q4xq-445g-g6ch
  • keycloak Vendor— Affected 18.0.8 to before 18.0.8 Fixed in 18.0.8 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Build of Keycloak VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 26.1.2 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-q4xq-445g-g6ch

CPE names CNA · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:——Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:77—Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak: Versions — — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7 Versions 7 — ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA keycloak Fixed in 18.0.8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Build of Keycloak

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-4028
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q4xq-445g-g6ch

References

  • TI-2019-15875 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-08259 Underflow in PHP-FPM can lead to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2019-03949 Out-of-bounds write in ESXi and Horizon DaaS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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