CVE-2022-0225

MEDIUMNVD 5.45.4—

5.4

A flaw was found in Keycloak. This flaw allows a privileged attacker to use the malicious payload as the group name while creating a new group from the admin console, leading to a stored Cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.

CVSS v3: 5.4
EG Score: 5.4(medium)
EPSS: 66.7%
KEV: Not listed

Published

August 26, 2022

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (4)

secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2040268
secalert@redhathttps://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/security/advisories/GHSA-755v-r4x4-qf7m
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2040268
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/security/advisories/GHSA-755v-r4x4-qf7m

Patch Availability(7)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
redhat	rh-sso7-keycloak	2022-11-03	redhat
redhat	rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso	2022-11-03	redhat
redhat	rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso	2022-11-03	redhat
redhat	rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso	2022-11-03	redhat
redhat	rh-sso7-keycloak-0:15.0.8-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso	2022-10-04	redhat
redhat	rh-sso7-keycloak-0:15.0.8-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso	2022-10-04	redhat
maven	org.keycloak:keycloak-core	—	ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)

Maven(1)

Package	Vulnerable range	Fixed in	Dependents
org.keycloak:keycloak-core	1.0-alpha-1 ... 9.0.3 (132 versions)	—	—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-79Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

All Vendor Advisories

(7)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 20× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

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2026-05-25 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-25 16:25 UTCVendor advisory
2026-05-25 16:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-24 01:07 UTCOSV refresh

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2022-0225?

CVE-2022-0225 is a medium vulnerability published on August 26, 2022. A flaw was found in Keycloak. This flaw allows a privileged attacker to use the malicious payload as the group name while creating a new group from the admin console, leading to a stored Cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.

When was CVE-2022-0225 disclosed?

CVE-2022-0225 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 26, 2022, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2022-0225 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-0225 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 66.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-0225?

CVE-2022-0225 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2022-0225?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2022-0225, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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