CVE-2026-74909 (GCVE-0-2026-74909)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-16 14:54
Modified
2026-09-18 18:04
CWE
Summary
Keycloak provides a policy enforcer to protect applications by matching incoming web requests against defined security policies. A flaw was found where the enforcer fails to correctly normalize web addresses that contain special encoded characters, such as those representing semicolons or directory traversal segments. An authenticated user can use these encoded characters to trick the enforcer into applying a less restrictive security policy than intended, potentially gaining unauthorized access to sensitive administrative or private application endpoints.
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68276 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68277 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68278 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68280 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-74909 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2517354 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 Unaffected: 26.4.16-2   < *
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   Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 Unaffected: 26.4-26   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 Unaffected: 26.4-26   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.16     cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.16     cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 Unaffected: 26.6.7-3   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 Unaffected: 26.6-20   < *
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   Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 Unaffected: 26.6-20   < *
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   Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7     cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7     cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat Single Sign-On 7     cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7
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