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CVE-2019-14837

A flaw was found in keycloack before version 8.0.0. The owner of 'placeholder.org' domain can setup mail server on this

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'.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1 EPSS 0.01008
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-547Use of Hard-coded, Security-relevant Constants
CWE-798Use of Hard-coded Credentials
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Affected Products & Versions

2
redhat keycloak< 8.0.0
redhat single sign-onall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.keycloak:keycloak-core CRITICAL fixed in 8.0.0
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocbugzilla.redhat.com · show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14837bugzilla.redhat.com
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Scoring & Timeline

9.1
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD07 Jan 2020 · 05:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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Vendor Advisories

4
rhsaRHSA-2019:4042Important
rhsaRHSA-2019:4045Important
rhsaRHSA-2019:4040Important
rhsaRHSA-2019:4041Important
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/commit/9a7c1a91a59ab85e7f8889a505be04a71580777fPatchThird Party Advisory
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/KEYCLOAK-10780Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
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