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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2026-16093 EUVD-2026-45222GHSA-jmhg-9c54-p575

Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: required signed-jwt assertion policy can be bypassed with unsigned assertion headers

Published Jul 17, 2026 · Updated Sep 16, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

Keycloak provides a mechanism called Client Policies to enforce security requirements on clients, such as requiring them to use signed JWTs for authentication. A flaw was discovered where this enforcement can be bypassed. An attacker with valid client credentials can provide a fake, unsigned assertion header that tricks the system into thinking the policy requirements have been met. This allows the attacker to authenticate using simpler methods like a client secret even when the administrator has mandated more secure, signed assertions.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 — —
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Data Grid 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack — —
Red Hat Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 — —

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