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CVE-2020-1731

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-1731 describes a critical vulnerability in all versions of the Keycloak operator prior to 8.0.2, affecting Red Hat Keycloak Operator deployments. The flaw allows the Keycloak operator to generate a static, predictable admin password when re-deploying Keycloak within the same OpenShift namespace, rather than a new random one. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating that it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the high severity warrants immediate attention for affected systems.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:keycloak_operator:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0128 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.keycloak:keycloak-coreFixed in: 8.0.2

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-6pmv-7pr9-cgrjcritical

Predictable password in Keycloak

Apr 15, 2020
redhatCVE-2020-1731Important

keycloak: generates same admin password while installation when deployed on same openshift namespace

Feb 25, 2020

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory