CVE-2026-37979 (GCVE-0-2026-37979)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-19 10:52
Modified
2026-05-20 16:08
Summary
A flaw was found in Keycloak. This access control vulnerability in Keycloak's OpenID Connect (OIDC) token introspection endpoint allows a confidential client to bypass audience restrictions. An attacker-controlled client with valid credentials can retrieve sensitive token claims intended for other resource servers, compromising the confidentiality of lightweight access tokens. This issue can be exploited remotely by any confidential client in the realm with valid credentials.
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19596 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19597 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-37979 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455328 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 Unaffected: 26.4.12-1   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 Unaffected: 26.4-17   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 Unaffected: 26.4-17   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.12     cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9
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