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Medium · 6.8 CVE-2026-97174 EUVD-2026-117610GHSA-42wm-mqj8-5cwr

Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: ciba sub parameter injection causes attacker authentication to issue victim tokens

Published Nov 5, 2026 · Updated Nov 6, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

A flaw was found in the Client-Initiated Backchannel Authentication (CIBA) implementation of Keycloak. The CIBA endpoint fails to properly validate the sub parameter, allowing it to be stored as an additional request parameter. During the token issuance process, this injected value overwrites the legitimate subject identifier. This allows an attacker to authenticate as themselves but receive security tokens belonging to a different victim user, leading to unauthorized account access.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 — —
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 — —

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