Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-14837 · published 7 January 2020

CVE-2019-14837: Redhat keycloak hard-coded credentials vulnerability

Redhat · Keycloak

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 '[email protected]'.

9.1 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 1.7% · top 23.5% CWE-547 · CWE-547CWE-798 · Hard-coded credentials

9.1CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 6.4

1.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

2Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References, 2 tagged exploit

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Keycloak Redhat

Single Sign On Redhat

References

Link	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14837	ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/commit/9a7c1a91a59ab85e7f8889a505be04a71580777f	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/KEYCLOAK-10780	Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14837	ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/commit/9a7c1a91a59ab85e7f8889a505be04a71580777f	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/KEYCLOAK-10780	Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-14837), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.