CVE-2024-11736

Published

14 January 2025

Modified

31 August 2026

CVSS Score v3.1 4.9

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Raw vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0077 55th percentile

Risk Priority 40 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2024-11736 is a medium-severity Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in an Environment Variable (CWE-526) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 4.9 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Protocol or Service Impersonation (T1001.003); ranked in the top 45% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-13 (Cryptographic Protection) and SC-28 (Protection of Information at Rest) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-0025

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability was found in Keycloak. Admin users may have to access sensitive server environment variables and system properties through user-configurable URLs. When configuring backchannel logout URLs or admin URLs, admin users can include placeholders like ${env.VARNAME} or ${PROPNAME}. The…

server replaces these placeholders with the actual values of environment variables or system properties during URL processing.

CWE(s): CWE-526

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001.003 Protocol or Service Impersonation Command And Control

Adversaries may impersonate legitimate protocols or web service traffic to disguise command and control activity and thwart analysis efforts.

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T1006 Direct Volume Access Stealth

Adversaries may directly access a volume to bypass file access controls and file system monitoring.

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T1007 System Service Discovery Discovery

Adversaries may try to gather information about registered local system services.

attack.mitre.org →

T1014 Rootkit Stealth

Adversaries may use rootkits to hide the presence of programs, files, network connections, services, drivers, and other system components.

attack.mitre.org →

T1016.001 Internet Connection Discovery Discovery

Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

attack.mitre.org →

T1020.001 Traffic Duplication Exfiltration

Adversaries may leverage traffic mirroring in order to automate data exfiltration over compromised infrastructure.

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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SC-13 Cryptographic Protection good match

Mandates use of cryptography to protect sensitive information, preventing its unencrypted storage in environment variables.

SC-28 Protection of Information at Rest good match

Requires confidentiality protection (typically encryption) for information at rest, directly stopping cleartext storage of sensitive data in environment variables.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.DS-01 partial match

blocks

Encryption and related protections for data-at-rest directly prevent cleartext env-var storage of secrets.

PR.PS-01 partial match

blocks

Hardened configuration baselines and management practices reduce the chance of secrets being left in environment variables.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.12 Classification of information partial match

degrades

Classification drives decisions on what must be protected, indirectly discouraging cleartext storage of sensitive data.

A.5.14 Information transfer partial match

removes

A.5.15 Access control partial match

removes

A.5.16 Identity management partial match

removes

A.5.17 Authentication information partial match

degrades

Authentication secrets are a common type of sensitive information; the control requires protecting them, which this weakness violates.