CVE-2019-14837
CRITICAL
9.1
CVSS Score
Published: January 7, 2020 at 04:33 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:19 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSingle Sign onKeycloak
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Severity
CRITICAL9.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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 '[email protected]'.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 8.0.0
Affected range stops below 8.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14837x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/commit/9a7c1a91a59ab85e7f8889a505be04a71580777fx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/KEYCLOAK-10780CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-547CWE-798
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