Incorrect Authorization in keycloak

published 2021-01-28 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-p225-pc2x-4jpm , EUVD-2022-1113

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits: 0; none known

A flaw was found in keycloak before version 13.0.0. In some scenarios a user still has access to a resource after changing the role mappings in Keycloak and after expiration of the previous access token.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 distros 1

maven org.keycloak:keycloak-parent 13.0.0
redhat keycloak 13.0.0

keycloak Arch Linux 16.0.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1332

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-2020-1725 updated 2026-06-28 cvss 5.4

keycloak-gatekeeper: improper usage of parsed claims for authorization leads to improper resource access

Red Hat Fuse 7 keycloak keycloak Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 keycloak Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes keycloak keycloak Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 rh-sso7-keycloak rh-sso7-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

0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
GitHub	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.keycloak:keycloak-parent	<13.0.0	13.0.0

Affected products

n/a keycloak

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

issues.redhat.com /browse/KEYCLOAK-16550
web, permissions-required, vendor-advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1765129
web, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1725
advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-1725
GitHub Advisory GHSA-p225-pc2x-4jpm
NVD CVE-2020-1725

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Summary