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TI-2019-11042 Aliases CVE-2019-14837GHSA-cf8f-w2c5-p5jr

Hard-coded credentials in Red Hat keycloak

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-547Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-798.

Summary

A flaw was found in keycloack before version 8.0.0. The owner of 'placeholder.org' domain can setup mail server on this domain and knowing only name of a client can reset password and then log in. For example, for client name 'test' the email address will be '[email protected]'.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01718 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven): 8.0.0Red Hat: 4 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red Hatkeycloakbefore 8.0.08.0.0Patch availableCNA
—org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven)before 8.0.08.0.0Patch availableGHSA-cf8f-w2c5-p5jr
  • keycloak VendorRed Hat Affected before 8.0.0 Fixed in 8.0.0 Patch available CNA
  • org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 8.0.0 Fixed in 8.0.0 Patch available GHSA-cf8f-w2c5-p5jr

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:keycloak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 8.0.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:single_sign-on:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.3VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:keycloak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 8.0.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:single_sign-on:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.3 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-cf8f-w2c5-p5jr org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven) Fixed in 8.0.0 Advisory →

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2019:4045 Released 2019-12-02 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3.5 security update
    • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3
  • RHSA-2019:4042 Released 2019-12-02 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3.5 security update on RHEL 8
    • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3 for RHEL 8 rh-sso7-keycloak-4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server-4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8sso
  • RHSA-2019:4040 Released 2019-12-02 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3.5 security update on RHEL 6
    • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3 for RHEL 6 Server rh-sso7-keycloak-4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server-4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6sso
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  • RHSA-2019:4041 Released 2019-12-02 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3.5 security update on RHEL 7
    • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3 for RHEL 7 Server rh-sso7-keycloak-4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server-4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7sso

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3Fixed RHSA-2019:4045
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3 for RHEL 6 ServerFixed RHSA-2019:4040
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2019:4041
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2019:4042
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Fuse 7
  • Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-14837
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cf8f-w2c5-p5jr

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2024-01049 Keycloak: path transversal in redirection validation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2023-26623 The SSH transport protocol with certain OpenSSH extensions, found in OpenSSH before 9.6… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
  • TI-2020-08665 Server-side request forgery in keycloak CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2022-03468 Path traversal in Red Hat Keycloak CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2021-03612 A POST based reflected Cross Site Scripting vulnerability on has been identified in Keycloak. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2022-03994 Cross-site scripting in keycloak CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
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Sources

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