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TI-2026-52626 Aliases CVE-2026-74909GHSA-5639-qg9x-rw29

Missing authorization in Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4

Priority LOW 39CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

Keycloak provides a policy enforcer to protect applications by matching incoming web requests against defined security policies. A flaw was found where the enforcer fails to correctly normalize web addresses that contain special encoded characters, such as those representing semicolons or directory traversal segments. An authenticated user can use these encoded characters to trick the enforcer into applying a less restrictive security policy than intended, potentially gaining unauthorized access to sensitive administrative or private application endpoints.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00847 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 4 advisories

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatRed Hat build of Keycloak 26.4—26.4.16-2Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat build of Keycloak 26.4—26.4-26Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat build of Keycloak 26.4—26.4-26Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.16——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.16——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat build of Keycloak 26.6—26.6.7-3Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat build of Keycloak 26.6—26.6-20Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat build of Keycloak 26.6—26.6-20Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Single Sign-On 7——Not affectedCNA
  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 26.4.16-2 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 26.4-26 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 26.4-26 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.16 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.16 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 26.6.7-3 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 26.6-20 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 26.6-20 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA

CPE names CNA · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el926.4—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el926.6—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:77—Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9 Versions 26.4 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9 Versions 26.6 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7 Versions 7 — ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:68276 Released 2026-09-16 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.16 Images Security Update
    • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator
  • RHSA-2026:68277 Released 2026-09-16 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7 Images Security Update
    • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator
  • RHSA-2026:68280 Released 2026-09-16 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.16 Security Update
    • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.16
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2026:68278 Released 2026-09-16 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7 Security Update
    • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4Fixed RHSA-2026:68276
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.16Fixed RHSA-2026:68280
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6Fixed RHSA-2026:68277
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7Fixed RHSA-2026:68278
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74909
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5639-qg9x-rw29

References

Advisory 4

Other 2

  • TI-2019-15875 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-08259 Underflow in PHP-FPM can lead to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2019-03949 Out-of-bounds write in ESXi and Horizon DaaS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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