Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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ReconAuthenticate to Keycloak realm
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DeliveryInitiate WebAuthn credential registration
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ExploitIntercept client-side JS or registration request
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InstallSubstitute policy-disallowed key algorithm
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C2Submit modified credential to processAction()
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ExecuteServer stores non-compliant credential
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ImpactPolicy enforcement silently bypassed
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Use of client-side authentication
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a valid authenticated session with at least low-level privileges in the target Keycloak realm (CVSS PR:L confirmed). The target realm must have WebAuthn credential registration enabled and must have explicit WebAuthn policies configured (e.g., algorithm restrictions); without such policies, there is nothing to bypass. The attacker must be actively performing the WebAuthn credential registration flow and must be capable of intercepting and modifying client-side JavaScript execution or the registration request payload. No special network position is required - exploitation is fully remote over standard HTTPS. Exploitation is limited to integrity impact: the attacker cannot elevate privileges, read protected data, or deny availability as a direct result of this vulnerability. Environments without configured WebAuthn algorithm policies are not meaningfully impacted. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3 (Medium) reflects a network-accessible (AV:N), low-complexity (AC:L), low-privilege (PR:L) vector with no user interaction required, scoped to unchanged resources, with integrity-only impact (I:L) and no confidentiality or availability impact. This accurately characterizes the threat: a legitimate but low-privileged authenticated user can register a non-compliant credential, undermining the administrative security policy without triggering an immediate breach of data confidentiality. EPSS data was not provided in available intelligence sources, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified probabilistically. No CISA KEV listing and no publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code have been identified. The real-world risk centers on policy compliance degradation rather than direct system compromise - organizations relying on WebAuthn algorithm restrictions for compliance mandates (e.g., FIPS, internal security baselines) face a meaningful policy erosion risk, even though this does not constitute privilege escalation or data exfiltration by itself. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated user with a valid Keycloak session navigates to the WebAuthn credential registration flow and uses browser developer tools or a JavaScript proxy to intercept and modify the credential creation parameters before submission, substituting a policy-disallowed public key algorithm. Because processAction() does not validate these parameters against the realm's configured WebAuthn policy, the server accepts and stores the non-compliant credential. No public proof-of-concept exploit code has been identified, but the manipulation technique (client-side JavaScript interception) requires only basic web development knowledge and standard browser tooling. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – May 19, 2026
WebAuthn policy enforcement bypass in Red Hat Build of Keycloak allows low-privileged authenticated users to register credentials that violate administrator-configured realm security policies. The server-side processAction() method does not validate that newly registered WebAuthn credential parameters - such as public key algorithms - conform to the realm's defined WebAuthn policies, enabling a user to manipulate client-side JavaScript during the registration flow to submit non-compliant credential data. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis; exploitation requires an authenticated session and is limited to integrity impact (policy bypass), with no direct confidentiality or availability consequence.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patched version is identified from available data at time of analysis. Organizations should monitor https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8830 for patch releases and apply any issued errata for Red Hat Build of Keycloak promptly. As a compensating control, administrators should audit existing WebAuthn credentials registered in affected realms to verify algorithm compliance, using Keycloak's admin console or REST API to inspect registered authenticator data. If non-compliant credentials are found, forced re-registration can be mandated by revoking the offending credentials. Additionally, restricting which users can self-register WebAuthn credentials (limiting enrollment to administrator-initiated flows where server-side policy enforcement can be independently verified) reduces the attack surface. Note that forced re-registration may temporarily disrupt users relying on those credentials. Consult https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479565 for upstream fix progress.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Affects 1 package in maven
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Keycloak is Red Hat's Identity and Access Management platform, widely deployed for OIDC/SAML-based SSO and increasingly used with FIDO2/WebAuthn for passwordless authentication. WebAuthn allows servers to enforce policies over acceptable public key algorithms (e.g., ES256, RS256) and authenticator attestation. CWE-603 ('Use of Client-Side Authentication') is the root cause here: the server delegates policy enforcement logic to the client side during credential registration, but fails to re-verify the submitted credential parameters server-side in processAction(). An attacker can tamper with the JavaScript payload to submit credential parameters using a weaker or policy-disallowed algorithm, and the server accepts the registration without cross-checking against realm WebAuthn policy. The affected product is identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_build_of_keycloak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, indicating all tracked versions of the Red Hat Build of Keycloak are in scope.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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CVSS VectorVendor: redhat
DescriptionCVE.org
A flaw was found in Keycloak. An authenticated user can bypass configured WebAuthn policies during credential registration by manipulating client-side JavaScript. This occurs because the server-side processAction() fails to validate that the newly created credential's parameters, such as public key algorithms, match the realm's configured WebAuthn policies. This could lead to the creation of credentials that do not adhere to administrative security requirements, potentially weakening the overall security posture of the system by allowing non-compliant authentication methods.
Blast Radius
ecosystem impact- 70 maven packages depend on org.keycloak:keycloak-services (36 direct, 34 indirect)
Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 26.6.3.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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