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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-27826

A flaw was found in Keycloak before version 12.0.0 where it is possible to update the user's metadata attributes using Account REST API. This flaw allows an attacker to change its own NameID attribute to impersonate the admin user for any particular application.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:12 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-27826

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 May 2021, 11:15 UTC

A flaw was found in Keycloak before version 12.0.0 where it is possible to update the user's metadata attributes using Account REST API. This flaw allows an attacker to change its own NameID attribute to impersonate the admin user for any particular application.

osv:CVE-2020-27826
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27826",
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