CVE-2019-14837

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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]'.

Published: 2020-01-07 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-14837 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.72%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-14837

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-14837

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.01% 1.72% +0.71%
2 2025-11-21 0.72% 1.01% +0.29%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.72% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-14837

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.1 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 5.2 [email protected]
9.1 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 5.2 [email protected]
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-14837

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-14837

GHSA-cf8f-w2c5-p5jr · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: maven — keycloak vulnerable to unauthorized login via mail server setup

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-14837

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14837

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-14837

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat keycloak < 8.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:keycloak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat single_sign-on 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:single_sign-on:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-14837

URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14837 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/commit/9a7c1a91a59ab85e7f8889a505be04a71580777f Patch Third Party Advisory
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/KEYCLOAK-10780 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
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