Predictable password in Keycloak

Description

A flaw was found in all versions of the Keycloak operator, before version 8.0.2,(community only) where the operator generates a random admin password when installing Keycloak, however the password remains the same when deployed to the same OpenShift namespace.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
critical
Advisory on GitHub
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Repository advisory
Source code
Not specified
Published (advisory)
2020-04-15 21:09:27 UTC
Updated
2023-02-01 05:03:00 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2020-04-15 20:59:00 UTC
NVD published
2020-03-02

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.39% 59.53%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
9.8 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-330 Use of Insufficiently Random Values
CWE-341 Predictable from Observable State

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
maven org.keycloak:keycloak-core < 8.0.2 8.0.2

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence