Vulnerability · Published Sep 24, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-97176Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: essential acr requirement silently bypassed via cookie authenticator

Medium 4.2

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in Red Hat Build of Keycloak from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.2Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in the Level of Authentication enforcement mechanism of Keycloak, an identity and access management solution. The issue occurs when a client specifically requires a higher security level for a user who already has an active session at a lower level. Due to a logic error in how session re-evaluations are handled, Keycloak may incorrectly issue a token at the lower security level instead of enforcing the required higher level, potentially allowing unauthorized access to sensitive resources that rely on these security claims.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Build of Keycloak	see references
Red Hat	Red Hat Build of Keycloak	see references
Red Hat	Red Hat Single Sign-On 7	see references

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97176 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
RHBZ#2539964 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT