Keycloak JWT grant skips identity provider login restrictions
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- 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
Red Hat Build of Keycloak fails to apply identity provider login restrictions, such as claim filtering, in the JWT Authorization Grant flow (CWE-862). Browser logins enforce these checks for OIDC and Google identity providers, but the JWT grant skips them. An authenticated client with low privileges can obtain access tokens for a user whose identity provider claims should have blocked the login.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Description from the CNA
A flaw was found in the JWT Authorization Grant implementation of the keycloak-services component. When an OIDC or Google identity provider is configured with specific login restrictions, such as claim filtering, these checks are correctly applied during standard browser logins but are skipped during the JWT-based grant flow. This allows an authenticated client to obtain access tokens for a user even if their identity provider claims should have blocked the login.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Red Hat Build of Keycloak. Red Hat's plan for Red Hat Build of Keycloak is listed as none available. Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 is listed as not affected.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Build of Keycloak | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-29 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-117627
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 Alias added: GHSA-4mr3-gfq4-fhxv
- 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
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Sources
- CVE-2026-117627 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-117627 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4mr3-gfq4-fhxv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-117627 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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