CVE-2020-10758
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.019 · 80 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability was found in Keycloak before 11.0.1 where DoS attack is possible by sending twenty requests simultaneously to the specified keycloak server, all with a Content-Length header value that exceeds the actual byte count of the request body.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
weaknesses
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affected products (14)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- redhat openshift application runtimesall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_application_runtimes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat openshift application runtimes= 1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_application_runtimes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-52rg-hpwq-qp56Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Keycloak2022-02-09ghsa · osvUS
A vulnerability was found in Keycloak before 11.0.1 where DoS attack is possible by sending twenty requests simultaneously to the specified keycloak server, all with a Content-Length header value that exceeds the actual byte count of the request body.
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sources
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references (15)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3495Patchcnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-10758cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1843849cnnvd
- https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/commit/bee4ca89897766c4b68856eafe14f1a3dad34251cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10758cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158916/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2020-3501-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159046/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2020-3539-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Keycloak-denial-of-service-via-Large-Simultaneous-Content-Length-Requests-33101cnnvd
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