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medium 6.8

CVE-2026-97174 json

Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: ciba sub parameter injection causes attacker authentication to issue victim tokens

published 2026-11-05 3 d ago modified 2026-11-06 2 d ago also EUVD-2026-117610

cvss
6.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in the Client-Initiated Backchannel Authentication (CIBA) implementation of Keycloak. The CIBA endpoint fails to properly validate the sub parameter, allowing it to be stored as an additional request parameter. During the token issuance process, this injected value overwrites the legitimate subject identifier. This allows an attacker to authenticate as themselves but receive security tokens belonging to a different victim user, leading to unauthorized account access.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 26.6-24, 26.6.8-2

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-97174 updated cvss 6.8

keycloak-services: keycloak-services: CIBA sub parameter injection causes attacker authentication to issue victim tokens

  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 rhbk/keycloak-rhel9 26.6-24, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator 26.6-24, rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle 26.6.8-2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:95762
  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:95761
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 keycloak-services 18.0.19.redhat-00002
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
3 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6
  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Single Sign-On 7

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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