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CVE-2017-2585

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2585 describes a timing attack vulnerability in Red Hat Keycloak versions prior to 2.5.1, as well as Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server and Red Hat Single Sign-On. The vulnerability stems from a non-constant time HMAC verification method for JWS tokens, allowing an attacker to potentially deduce sensitive information. With a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, but could lead to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:keycloak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:single_sign_on:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:single_sign_on:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0201 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (20)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.keycloak:keycloak-coreFixed in: 2.5.1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: rh-sso7-0:1-2.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: rh-sso7-freemarker-0:2.3.23-1.redhat_2.2.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: rh-sso7-javapackages-tools-0:3.4.1-5.15.3.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: rh-sso7-keycloak-0:2.5.5-2.Final_redhat_1.1.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: rh-sso7-libunix-dbus-java-0:0.8.0-2.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: rh-sso7-liquibase-0:3.4.1-2.redhat_2.1.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: rh-sso7-twitter4j-0:4.0.4-1.redhat_3.1.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: rh-sso7-zxing-0:3.2.1-1.redhat_4.1.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rh-sso7-twitter4j-0:4.0.4-1.redhat_3.1.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rh-sso7-zxing-0:3.2.1-1.redhat_4.1.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rh-sso7-0:1-2.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rh-sso7-freemarker-0:2.3.23-1.redhat_2.2.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rh-sso7-javapackages-tools-0:3.4.1-5.15.3.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rh-sso7-keycloak-0:2.5.5-2.Final_redhat_1.1.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rh-sso7-libunix-dbus-java-0:0.8.0-2.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rh-sso7-liquibase-0:3.4.1-2.redhat_2.1.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4Fixed in: keycloak

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-w6gv-3r3v-gwgjmedium

keycloak-core vulnerable to timing attacks against JWS token verification

Oct 18, 2018
redhatCVE-2017-2585Moderate

keycloak: timing attack in JWS signature verification

Apr 4, 2017

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0876.html
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:0872
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:0873
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
securityfocus.com / bid/97393
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038180
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry