CVE-2021-3513: Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

August 22, 2022 (updated August 23, 2022)

A flaw was found in keycloak where a brute force attack is possible even when the permanent lockout feature is enabled. This is due to a wrong error message displayed when wrong credentials are entered. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3513
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1953439
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3513

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