CVE-2019-14837 (GCVE-0-2019-14837)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-07 16:33 – Updated: 2024-08-05 00:26
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Summary
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'.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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Red Hat keycloak Affected: before 8.0.0
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