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01 Record

CVE-2017-12161

It was found that keycloak before 3.4.2 final would permit misuse of a client-side /etc/hosts entry to spoof a URL in a password reset request. An attacker could use this flaw to craft a malicious

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

It was found that keycloak before 3.4.2 final would permit misuse of a client-side /etc/hosts entry to spoof a URL in a password reset request. An attacker could use this flaw to craft a malicious

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 70.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-02-21 18:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 18:28Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2017-08-01
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-602Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side SecurityClass
  • CWE-640Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten PasswordBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
59c1b675da0734419dfed78b6308317d091e178b041127d53aec21c741fa62cf

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Red Hat, Inc.Keycloakbefore 3.4.2.Final—

06 References