CVE-2021-3424 (GCVE-0-2021-3424)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-01 18:43 – Updated: 2024-08-03 16:53
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A flaw was found in keycloak as shipped in Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4 where IDN homograph attacks are possible. A malicious user can register himself with a name already registered and trick admin to grant him extra privileges.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CWE
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1933320 | x_refsource_MISC |
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