Improper authentication in Keycloak
Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-287Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass, Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-287 and CWE-295.
Summary
A vulnerability was found in keycloak 7.x, when keycloak is configured with LDAP user federation and StartTLS is used instead of SSL/TLS from the LDAP server (ldaps), in this case user authentication succeeds even if invalid password has entered.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01054 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Keycloak | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.keycloak:keycloak-parent (Maven) | 7.0.0 – 7.0.1 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-jf86-9434-f8c2 |
- Keycloak Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.keycloak:keycloak-parent (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0 – 7.0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-jf86-9434-f8c2
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-14910
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jf86-9434-f8c2
References
More Red Hat Keycloak vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2019-14910 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-14910 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jf86-9434-f8c2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2019-14910 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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