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TI-2026-63958 Aliases CVE-2026-97176GHSA-5jw9-cc9v-8h8r

Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: essential acr requirement silently bypassed via cookie authenticator

Priority LOW 19CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

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

Summary

A flaw was found in the Level of Authentication enforcement mechanism of Keycloak, an identity and access management solution. The issue occurs when a client specifically requires a higher security level for a user who already has an active session at a lower level. Due to a logic error in how session re-evaluations are handled, Keycloak may incorrectly issue a token at the lower security level instead of enforcing the required higher level, potentially allowing unauthorized access to sensitive resources that rely on these security claims.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00167 6th percentileScored 2026-11-08
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

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——No fix listedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Build of Keycloak——No fix listedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Single Sign-On 7——Not affectedCNA
  • Red Hat Build of Keycloak VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Red Hat Build of Keycloak VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA

CPE names CNA · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:——Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:77—Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak: Versions — — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7 Versions 7 — ·Red Hat

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Build of KeycloakAffectedNo fix yet
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-97176
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5jw9-cc9v-8h8r

References

  • 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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