CVE-2020-1724 — keycloak-core
MEDIUMCVE-2020-1724 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) CWE-613 vulnerability in org.keycloak:keycloak-core. A fix is available for org.keycloak:keycloak-core — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Keycloak Insufficient Session Expiry
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2020-1724 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,166 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
org.keycloak:keycloak-coreReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
A flaw was found in Keycloak in versions before 9.0.2. This flaw allows a malicious user that is currently logged in, to see the personal information of a previously logged out user in the account manager section.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.keycloak:keycloak-core | all versions | 9.0.2org.keycloak:keycloak-core:9.0.2 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.keycloak:keycloak-core, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.keycloak:keycloak-core to 9.0.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2020-1724 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2020-1724 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2020-1724. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Runtimes Spring Boot 2.2.6 | keycloak | RHSA-2020:2252 |
| Red Hat Single Sign On 7.3.8 | see advisory | RHSA-2020:2112 |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3 for RHEL 6 | rh-sso7-keycloak-0:4.8.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6sso | RHSA-2020:2106 |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3 for RHEL 7 | rh-sso7-keycloak-0:4.8.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7sso | RHSA-2020:2107 |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3 for RHEL 8 | rh-sso7-keycloak-0:4.8.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8sso | RHSA-2020:2108 |
| Text-Only RHOAR | see advisory | RHSA-2020:2905 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2020-1724 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2020-1724 across Maven dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.