CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-9798
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-05-28
- Last modified
- 2026-10-26
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-305
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• redhat build of keycloak
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-305 Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50846 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50847 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50848 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50849 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9798 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482470 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory