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TI-2022-00162 Aliases CVE-2022-0225GHSA-fqc7-5xxc-ph7r

Cross-site scripting in keycloak

Priority LOW 30CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

A flaw was found in Keycloak. This flaw allows a privileged attacker to use the malicious payload as the group name while creating a new group from the admin console, leading to a stored Cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.032 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 7 advisories

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—keycloakNot-Known—No fix listedCNA
—org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven)up to 16.1.0—No fix listedGHSA-fqc7-5xxc-ph7r
  • keycloak Vendor— Affected Not-Known Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.keycloak:keycloak-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 16.1.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-fqc7-5xxc-ph7r

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:keycloak:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:single_sign-on:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:keycloak:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:single_sign-on:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 7 advisories

  • RHSA-2022:7417 Released 2022-11-03 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.1 security update
    • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.1
  • RHSA-2022:7411 Released 2022-11-03 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.1 security update on RHEL 9
    • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 9 rh-sso7-1-5.el9sso, rh-sso7-javapackages-filesystem-6.0.0-7.el9sso, rh-sso7-javapackages-tools-6.0.0-7.el9sso +4
  • RHSA-2022:7410 Released 2022-11-03 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.1 security update on RHEL 8
    • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 8 rh-sso7-keycloak-18.0.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server-18.0.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso
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  • RHSA-2022:7409 Released 2022-11-03 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.1 security update on RHEL 7
    • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 7 Server rh-sso7-keycloak-18.0.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server-18.0.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso
  • RHSA-2022:6782 Released 2022-10-04 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.5.3 security update on RHEL 7
    • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.5 for RHEL 7 Server rh-sso7-keycloak-15.0.8-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server-15.0.8-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso
  • RHSA-2022:6787 Released 2022-10-04 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.5.3 security update
    • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
  • RHSA-2022:6783 Released 2022-10-04 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.5.3 security update on RHEL 8
    • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.5 for RHEL 8 rh-sso7-keycloak-15.0.8-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server-15.0.8-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7Fixed RHSA-2022:6787
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.5 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2022:6782
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.5 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2022:6783
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2022:7409
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2022:7410
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2022:7411
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.1Fixed RHSA-2022:7417

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-0225
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fqc7-5xxc-ph7r

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • 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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