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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2020-14389 json

Improper privilege management in Keycloak

published 2020-11-17 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-c9x9-xv66-xp3v , EUVD-2021-2335

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

It was found that Keycloak before version 12.0.0 would permit a user with only view-profile role to manage the resources in the new account console, allowing access and modification of data the user was not intended to have.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.keycloak:keycloak-core 12.0.0
  • redhat keycloak 12.0.0
  • rh-sso7-keycloak red hat single sign on 7 9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak-server red hat single sign on 7 9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso
  • rh-sso7-libunix-dbus-java red hat single sign on 7 0.8.0-2.el8sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak red hat single sign on 7 9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak-server red hat single sign on 7 9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak red hat single sign on 7 9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el6sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak-server red hat single sign on 7 9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el6sso

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4932RHSA-2020:4930RHSA-2020:4929

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-14389 updated cvss 8.1

keycloak: user can manage resources with just "view-profile" role using new Account Console

  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4 for RHEL 6 Server rh-sso7-keycloak 9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el6sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server 9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el6sso
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4929
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server rh-sso7-keycloak 9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server 9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4930
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4 for RHEL 8 rh-sso7-libunix-dbus-java 0.8.0-2.el8sso, rh-sso7-keycloak 9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server 9.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4932
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4931
  • Red Hat Decision Manager 7 keycloak keycloak Red Hat Fuse 7 keycloak keycloak Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes keycloak keycloak Red Hat Process Automation 7 keycloak keycloak Red Hat support for Spring Boot keycloak keycloak
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.keycloak:keycloak-core
<12.0.0
12.0.0

Affected products

  • n/a keycloak

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-916 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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