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Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 — —
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.14 — —
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 — —
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.5 — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling keycloak-26.5 +2 No fix yet —
Wolfi rolling keycloak-26.6 +1 26.6.6-r0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.keycloak:keycloak-services <= 26.4.7 — GHSA-q6h7-xxp7-7429
Maven org.keycloak:keycloak-services >= 26.5.0, <= 26.6.4 — GHSA-q6h7-xxp7-7429

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