CVE-2022-1438

MEDIUMNVD 6.46.4—

6.4

A flaw was found in Keycloak. Under specific circumstances, HTML entities are not sanitized during user impersonation, resulting in a Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

CVSS v3: 6.4
EG Score: 6.4(medium)
EPSS: 37.3%
KEV: Not listed

Published

September 20, 2023

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (14)

secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1043
secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1044
secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1045
secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1047
secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1049
secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1438
secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2031904
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1043
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1044
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1045
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1047
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1049
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1438
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2031904

Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
redhat	rh-sso-7/sso76-openshift-rhel8:7.6-20	2023-03-01	redhat
redhat	keycloak-services	2023-03-01	redhat
redhat	rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.6-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso	2023-03-01	redhat
redhat	rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.6-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso	2023-03-01	redhat
redhat	rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.6-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso	2023-03-01	redhat
maven	org.keycloak:keycloak-services	—	ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)

Maven(1)

Package	Vulnerable range	Fixed in	Dependents
org.keycloak:keycloak-services	1.0-alpha-1 ... 9.0.3 (149 versions)	—	—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-79Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

All Vendor Advisories

(5)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 9× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-05-27 13:39 UTCepss_batch
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2026-05-26 13:43 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 13:42 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 07:17 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 07:17 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-24 17:22 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-24 17:22 UTCVendor advisory
2026-05-24 17:22 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2022-1438?

CVE-2022-1438 is a medium vulnerability published on September 20, 2023. A flaw was found in Keycloak. Under specific circumstances, HTML entities are not sanitized during user impersonation, resulting in a Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

When was CVE-2022-1438 disclosed?

CVE-2022-1438 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 20, 2023, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2022-1438 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-1438 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 37.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-1438?

CVE-2022-1438 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.4 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2022-1438?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2022-1438, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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