Information disclosure in Red Hat keycloak
Priority LOW 25CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 5 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
A flaw was found in keycloak in versions before 9.0.0. A logged exception in the HttpMethod class may leak the password given as parameter. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00371 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven): 9.0.0Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 3 fixed, 5 without a fix
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | keycloak | before 9.0.0 | 9.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven) | before 9.0.0 | 9.0.0 | Patch available | GHSA-qgmm-f2qw-r95f |
- keycloak VendorRed Hat Affected before 9.0.0 Fixed in 9.0.0 Patch available CNA
- org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 9.0.0 Fixed in 9.0.0 Patch available GHSA-qgmm-f2qw-r95f
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-qgmm-f2qw-r95f org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven) Fixed in 9.0.0 Advisory →
Red Hat 3 advisories
- RHSA-2020:5625 Released 2020-12-17 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.0 security update
- Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.0
- RHSA-2020:2905 Released 2020-07-23 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat build of Thorntail 2.7.0 security and bug fix update
- Text-Only RHOAR
- RHSA-2020:2252 Released 2020-06-01 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat support for Spring Boot 2.2.6 security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Runtimes Spring Boot 2.2.6
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat support for Spring Boot | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Runtimes Spring Boot 2.2.6 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:2252 |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:5625 |
| Text-Only RHOAR | Fixed | RHSA-2020:2905 |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Decision Manager 7
- Red Hat Process Automation 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-1698
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qgmm-f2qw-r95f
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-2020-1698 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-1698 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qgmm-f2qw-r95f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2020-1698 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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