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Keycloak EUVDEUVD-2026-112636

| CVE-2026-117627 MEDIUM
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-10-29 redhat GHSA-4mr3-gfq4-fhxv
5.4
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as OIDC client
  2. Delivery
    Invoke JWT authorization grant flow
  3. Exploit
    IdP claim-filter checks skipped
  4. Execution
    Receive access token for restricted user
  5. Impact
    Access resources as that user

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the target to have an OIDC or Google identity provider configured with login restrictions such as claim filtering - deployments without such IdP restrictions are not affected because there is no check to bypass. The attacker must be an authenticated client (PR:L) capable of using the JWT-based authorization grant flow; the standard browser login path correctly enforces the claims and is not the affected path. Impact is limited to obtaining tokens for users the IdP claims should have blocked, with low confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability impact.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity authorization bypass (CWE-862) rated CVSS 5.4 via CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N. The network vector with low attack complexity and no user interaction makes the flaw easy to trigger, but PR:L means an attacker must already be an authenticated client, which meaningfully narrows the attacker population and caps impact at low confidentiality/integrity with no availability effect. No EPSS score was provided and there is no CISA KEV listing, so there is no signal of active exploitation; the vuln.today decision label is 'this_month' rather than act_now/emergency, consistent with a real but non-urgent issue. No SSVC decision breakdown (automatable, technical impact) was supplied. The practical risk is conditional: it only matters where an OIDC or Google identity provider is configured with login restrictions such as claim filtering, so this is a prioritize-within-the-month patch for affected Keycloak/RH-SSO deployments rather than a drop-everything CVSS-inflated issue. The signals are internally consistent - moderate CVSS, no exploitation evidence, mid-tier priority label all align.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

In a Keycloak or Red Hat Single Sign-On deployment where an OIDC or Google identity provider is configured to restrict logins (for example, filtering on specific claims), an authenticated client uses the JWT Authorization Grant flow instead of a standard browser login. Because the claim-filtering checks are skipped on that code path, the client obtains access tokens for a user whose identity-provider claims should have blocked the login. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 29, 2026

Keycloak's JWT Authorization Grant implementation skips the claim-filtering and login restrictions configured on OIDC or Google identity providers, so an authenticated client using that grant can obtain access tokens for users whose IdP claims should have blocked login. Red Hat Build of Keycloak and Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 are in the affected CPE set, and the issue is rated CVSS 5.4 (PR:L) with low confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability impact. The supplied data contains no CISA KEV entry and no public exploit identified at time of analysis; exploitation requires a restricted OIDC/Google IdP plus an authenticated client able to use the JWT grant flow.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch or fixed version is identified in the supplied data; monitor the Red Hat advisory at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-117627 and Bugzilla 2561959 for the corrected build and apply it when available. The supplied advisory does not describe a workaround. Because exploitation requires a client able to use the JWT Authorization Grant flow against an OIDC or Google IdP configured with claim filtering, limiting that grant flow to trusted clients-with the trade-off that legitimate JWT-grant integrations may be disrupted-reduces exposure; deployments without such IdP login restrictions are not affected because no check is bypassed.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is in keycloak-services' JWT Authorization Grant handling and is classified CWE-862 (Missing Authorization). OIDC and Google identity providers can be configured with login restrictions-such as claim filtering-that are enforced on the standard browser login path; the JWT-based grant path does not apply those checks. The result is an authorization bypass for that specific flow: an authenticated client (CVSS PR:L) can request tokens for a user whose IdP claims would otherwise deny login. The trigger conditions are both a restricted OIDC/Google IdP and use of the JWT Authorization Grant flow; deployments without IdP restrictions have no check to bypass. The supplied CPE data covers Red Hat Build of Keycloak and Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 with wildcard versions, so exact affected builds are not enumerated.

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Severity by source

Vendor (redhat) PRIMARY MEDIUM
NVD 5.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.4 MEDIUM

Authenticated client is required so PR:L; the grant flow is reachable over the network with no user interaction and reliable triggering, yielding AV:N/AC:L/UI:N and low C/I impact from unauthorized token issuance.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (redhat).

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

DescriptionNVD

A flaw was found in the JWT Authorization Grant implementation of the keycloak-services component. When an OIDC or Google identity provider is configured with specific login restrictions, such as claim filtering, these checks are correctly applied during standard browser logins but are skipped during the JWT-based grant flow. This allows an authenticated client to obtain access tokens for a user even if their identity provider claims should have blocked the login.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 84% exploitable
Prevalence
High
widely deployed enterprise IAM (Keycloak / Red Hat SSO)
Social Media
2
Sightings
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
High

Priority Score

27
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +27
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_build_of_keycloak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_build_of_keycloak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_single_sign-on_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CVE-2026-15572 HIGH
8.8 Aug 05

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CVE-2026-93569 HIGH
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Mismatched handling of the HTTP/1 absolute-form request authority in Red Hat build of Quarkus and other affected Red Hat

CVE-2026-9800 HIGH
8.1 Jun 25

Authorization bypass in the Keycloak Policy Enforcer allows any authenticated user to circumvent all enforced access con

CVE-2026-15573 HIGH
8.1 Aug 05

URI normalization bypass in Keycloak's Authorization Services PathMatcher allows authenticated low-privilege users to re

CVE-2026-16102 HIGH
8.1 Aug 05

Privilege escalation in Keycloak's Dynamic Client Registration (DCR) component allows attackers with standard user accou

CVE-2026-18214 HIGH
8.1 Jul 31

Token exchange in Keycloak bypasses Google Workspace domain allowlist restrictions, enabling any valid Google account ho

CVE-2026-11800 HIGH
8.1 Jun 25

Signature-verification bypass in Keycloak (and Red Hat's Keycloak-based products such as Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 and Re

CVE-2026-18215 HIGH
8.1 Jul 31

Tenant-restriction bypass in Keycloak's Microsoft identity provider integration allows attackers holding any valid Micro

CVE-2026-18967 HIGH
8.1 Aug 06

Session hijacking via SAML assertion replay in Keycloak's SAML broker component allows adjacent-network attackers to aut

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