CVE-2019-14837
mediumpriority · track · 37OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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'.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.4–9.1
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affected products (9)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-cf8f-w2c5-p5jrkeycloak vulnerable to unauthorized login via mail server setup2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
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'.
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references (18)
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4040cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4041cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4042cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4045cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-14837cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14837cnnvd
- https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/commit/9a7c1a91a59ab85e7f8889a505be04a71580777fcnnvd
- https://issues.jboss.org/browse/KEYCLOAK-10780cnnvd
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