Keycloak has an Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness
A flaw was found in Keycloak, an open-source identity and access management solution. When a user account is temporarily locked due to repeated failed login attempts, an attacker with valid client credentials can exploit the Client-Initiated Backchannel Authentication (CIBA) flow to bypass this brute-force protection. This allows continued authentication attempts and token issuance even when the account should be locked, potentially enabling further unauthorized access attempts.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-9798US | — | — | ||
A flaw was found in Keycloak, an open-source identity and access management solution. When a user account is temporarily locked due to repeated failed login attempts, an attacker w… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50846WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50847WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50848WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50849WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9798WEB
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482470WEB
- https://github.com/keycloak/keycloakPACKAGE
- https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/commit/11c2695064cd93da1d333df3f69d4a4141e86c29WEB
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