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CVE-2026-9798· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

Keycloak: keycloak: brute-force protection bypass in ciba flow

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 17/100)

  • 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: 0.49% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
  • 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

A flaw was found in Keycloak, an open-source identity and access management solution. When a user account is temporarily locked due to repeated failed login attempts, an attacker with valid client credentials can exploit the Client-Initiated Backchannel Authentication (CIBA) flow to bypass this brute-force protection. This allows continued authentication attempts and token issuance even when the account should be locked, potentially enabling further unauthorized access attempts.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
May 28, 2026
Updated
Aug 20, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 40th percentile

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Action score

17

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · redhat
4.3
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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 keycloakall versions

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

  • 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

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Mavenorg.keycloak:keycloak-servicesfrom 26.5.0 · up to and including 26.6.4—
Mavenorg.keycloak:keycloak-servicesup to and including 26.4.7—

Same product

redhat: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-16442Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: saml idp-initiated broker login bypasses link-only restriction
    39Monitor
  • 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
  • CVE-2026-3047Org.keycloak.broker.saml: keycloak saml broker: authentication bypass due to disabled saml client completing idp-initiated login
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2023-6787Keycloak: session hijacking via re-authentication
    35Monitor

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

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

Variant candidates

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

  • CVE-2026-304784 days apartOrg.keycloak.broker.saml: keycloak saml broker: authentication bypass due to disabled saml client completing idp-initiated login
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-1610350 days apartKeycloak-services: keycloak-services: incomplete fix for ciba brute-force lockout bypass at token redemption
    17Monitor

Chain candidates

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

  • CVE-2026-908628 days apartKeycloak: keycloak: cross-site scripting (xss) via case-insensitive uri validation bypass
    29Monitor
  • CVE-2026-908328 days apartKeycloak: keycloak: information disclosure through arbitrary filesystem path probing
    19Monitor
  • CVE-2026-3798044 days apartOrg.keycloak.forms.login: keycloak: keycloak: arbitrary code execution via stored cross-site scripting (xss) in organization selection login page
    19Monitor
  • CVE-2026-487463 days apartOrg.keycloak.protocol.oidc.grants: org.keycloak.services.managers: keycloak: server-side request forgery via oidc token endpoint manipulation
    12Monitor

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.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-305 · Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

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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