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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-4133

A flaw was found in Keycloak in versions from 12.0.0 and before 15.1.1 which allows an attacker with any existing user account to create new default user accounts via the administrative REST API even when new user registration is disabled.

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CVE-2021-4133
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31 Oct 2026, 11:57 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-4133

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Jan 2022, 20:15 UTC

A flaw was found in Keycloak in versions from 12.0.0 and before 15.1.1 which allows an attacker with any existing user account to create new default user accounts via the administrative REST API even when new user registration is disabled.

osv:CVE-2021-4133
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-4133",
    "products": [],
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        "GHSA-83x4-9cwr-5487"
      ],
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "events": [
                {
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              ],
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:58.369898863Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html",
        "https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/issues/9247",
        "https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/security/advisories/GHSA-83x4-9cwr-5487",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2033602"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 386596,
  "published_at": "2022-01-25T20:15:08.607+00:00"
}