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CVE-2026-16093

Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: required signed-jwt assertion policy can be bypassed with unsigned assertion headers

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None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Keycloak provides a mechanism called Client Policies to enforce security requirements on clients, such as requiring them to use signed JWTs for authentication. A flaw was discovered where this enforcement can be bypassed. An attacker with valid client credentials can provide a fake, unsigned assertion header that tricks the system into thinking the policy requirements have been met. This allows the attacker to authenticate using simpler methods like a client secret even when the administrator has mandated more secure, signed assertions.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle

    Version range not reported

  • rhbk/keycloak-rhel9

    Version range not reported

  • rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator

    Version range not reported

  • keycloak-services

    Version range not reported

  • rhbk-keycloak-rhel9/rhbk-keycloak-rhel9

    Version range not reported

  • rhbk-openshift-rhel9/rhbk-openshift-rhel9

    Version range not reported

  • keycloak-services

    Version range not reported

  • keycloak-services

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  • keycloak-services

    Version range not reported

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