CVE-2023-6841
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A denial of service vulnerability was found in keycloak where the amount of attributes per object is not limited,an attacker by sending repeated HTTP requests could cause a resource exhaustion when the application send back rows with long attribute values.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.5
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affected products (7)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-2108Keycloak: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2024-09-10csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Keycloak ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
- GHSA-w97f-w3hq-36g2Keycloak Denial of Service vulnerability2024-09-10ghsa · osvUS
A denial of service vulnerability was found in keycloak where the amount of attributes per object is not limited, an attacker by sending repeated HTTP requests could cause a resource exhaustion when the application send back rows with long attribute values. The issue is fixed in Keycloak 24 with the introduction of the User Profile feature.
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references (9)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6841cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-6841cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254714cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-6841/cnnvd
- https://www.keycloak.org/downloadsPatchcnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6841enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254714enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6841Vendor Advisorynvd
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