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CVE-2026-16442: Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: saml idp-initiated broker login bypasses link-only restriction

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 39/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.31% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 7.4, NVD 9.8.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A flaw was found in the SAML broker component of Keycloak, which is used to manage identity federation and user authentication. The issue occurs because the IdP-initiated Single Sign-On endpoint fails to check if a provider is restricted to account linking only. This allows an attacker with control over a linked upstream identity to bypass login restrictions and gain full access to a local user account.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Aug 5, 2026
Updated
Aug 31, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 24th percentile

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Action score

39

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
9.8
CNA · redhat
7.4
2.4 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
redhatbuild of keycloak

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • redhat build of keycloak26.4 and later · before 26.4.14
  • redhat build of keycloak26.6 and later · before 26.6.5

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4

    • 26.4.14-1 and laternot affected · rpm
    • 26.4-22 and laternot affected · rpm
    • 26.4-22 and laternot affected · rpm

  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.14

    • all versionsunknown
    • all versionsunknown

  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6

    • 26.6.5-1 and laternot affected · rpm
    • 26.6-11 and laternot affected · rpm
    • 26.6-11 and laternot affected · rpm

  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.5

    • all versionsunknown
    • all versionsunknown
    • all versionsunknown

  • Red Hat Red Hat Data Grid 8

    • all versionsunknown

  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack

    • all versionsunknown

  • Red Hat Red Hat Single Sign-On 7

    • all versionsunknown

Same product

redhat: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-16443Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: saml broker metadata import disables response signature validation
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-15572Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: dcr protocol mapper type-swap policy bypass allows privilege escalation
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-9704Keycloak: keycloak: privilege escalation due to oversized subject_token jwt
    35Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-16100Aug 5, 2026 · Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: unbounded metric cardinality in user event metrics via request-controlled error text
    26Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-16102Aug 5, 2026 · Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: default dcr policy allows role forgery via user property mappers
    32Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-18967Aug 6, 2026 · Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: saml onetimeuse assertion replay in idp-initiated broker flow
    32Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-37977121 days apartKeycloak: org.keycloak.protocol.oidc.grants.ciba: keycloak: information disclosure via cors header injection due to unvalidated jwt azp claim
    21Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-346 · Origin Validation Error

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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