# CVE-2026-46389: UDS Identity Config has a client authentication bypass in \`ClientIdAndKubernetesSecretAuthenticator\`

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.26.1
- Published: 2026-06-05 · Updated: 2026-06-05

## Affected

- defenseunicorns uds-identity-config: from 0.11.0, fixed in 0.26.1

## Description

UDS Identity Config builds the Keycloak configuration image (realm, plugins, theme, truststore, JARs) consumed by UDS Core's Identity deployment. In versions 0.11.0 through 0.26.0, a logic error in the `client-kubernetes-secret` Keycloak client authenticator (shipped by `uds-identity-config` and consumed by UDS Core) causes the submitted `client_secret` to be overwritten with the mounted Kubernetes secret before comparison. An attacker who can reach the Keycloak token endpoint and knows a `client_id` using this authenticator can authenticate as that client with any `client_secret` value and obtain OAuth2 tokens scoped to the client's service account. In the case of the `uds-operator` client this token can be used to registry/modify other clients. Version 0.26.1 patches the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on defenseunicorns uds-identity-config, upgrade to a fixed version (0.26.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-identity-config/security/advisories/GHSA-8mg2-6588-r4hw
- https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-identity-config/releases/tag/v0.26.1

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