CVE-2019-14837: red hat keycloak
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-14837 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) vulnerability in red hat keycloak. EPSS estimates a 1.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3Timeline
- 07-01-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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 'service-account-test@placeholder.org'.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions- NVDNIST9.1CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.72%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
77%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.72% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-547Use of Hard-coded, Security-relevant ConstantsThe product uses hard-coded constants instead of symbolic names for security-critical values, which increases the likelihood of mistakes during code maintenance or security policy change.
- CWE-798Use of Hard-coded CredentialsThe product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat2 products
- keycloak< 8.0.0
- single_sign-on7.3
Org.keycloak1 product
- keycloak-core< 8.0.0
Red hat1 product
- keycloak< 8.0.0
3 vendors · 4 products
References
5 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14837X Refsource CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor AdvisoryWEB
- issues.jboss.org/browse/KEYCLOAK-10780X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/keycloak/keycloak/commit/9a7c1a91a59ab85e7f8889a505be04a71580777fX Refsource CONFIRMPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/keycloak/keycloakPACKAGE