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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-8609

It was found that the keycloak before 2.3.0 did not implement authentication flow correctly. An attacker could use this flaw to construct a phishing URL, from which he could hijack the user's session. This could lead to information disclosure, or permit further possible attacks.

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CVE-2016-8609

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Aug 2018, 17:29 UTC

It was found that the keycloak before 2.3.0 did not implement authentication flow correctly. An attacker could use this flaw to construct a phishing URL, from which he could hijack the user's session. This could lead to information disclosure, or permit further possible attacks.

osv:CVE-2016-8609
Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:28.011411322Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2018-08-01T17:29:00.253+00:00"
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