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TI-2020-11257 Aliases CVE-2020-14389GHSA-c9x9-xv66-xp3v

Improper privilege management in keycloak

Priority LOW 37CWE-916Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
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-269.

Summary

It was found that Keycloak before version 12.0.0 would permit a user with only view-profile role to manage the resources in the new account console, allowing access and modification of data the user was not intended to have.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00822 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven): 12.0.0Red Hat: 4 advisories

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—keycloakbefore version 12.0.0—No fix listedCNA
—org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven)before 12.0.012.0.0Patch availableGHSA-c9x9-xv66-xp3v
  • keycloak Vendor— Affected before version 12.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 12.0.0 Fixed in 12.0.0 Patch available GHSA-c9x9-xv66-xp3v

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:keycloak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 12.0.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:keycloak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 12.0.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-c9x9-xv66-xp3v org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven) Fixed in 12.0.0 Advisory →

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2020:4932 Released 2020-11-04 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.3 security update on RHEL 8
    • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4 for RHEL 8 rh-sso7-keycloak-9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server-9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso, rh-sso7-libunix-dbus-java-0.8.0-2.el8sso +1
  • RHSA-2020:4929 Released 2020-11-04 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.3 security update on RHEL 6
    • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4 for RHEL 6 Server rh-sso7-keycloak-9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el6sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server-9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el6sso
  • RHSA-2020:4930 Released 2020-11-04 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.3 security update on RHEL 7
    • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server rh-sso7-keycloak-9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server-9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2020:4931 Released 2020-11-04 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.3 security update
    • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4 for RHEL 6 ServerFixed RHSA-2020:4929
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2020:4930
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2020:4932
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.3Fixed RHSA-2020:4931
Not affected: 5 products
  • Red Hat Decision Manager 7
  • Red Hat Fuse 7
  • Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes
  • Red Hat Process Automation 7
  • Red Hat support for Spring Boot

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-14389
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c9x9-xv66-xp3v

References

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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