CVE-2026-96445 (GCVE-0-2026-96445)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-23 11:12
Modified
2026-09-23 19:45
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Summary
A flaw was found in the Conditional OTP authenticator of Keycloak, an identity and access management solution. The issue occurs when the system evaluates specific HTTP headers to determine if a one-time password (OTP) should be skipped, but fails to verify if those headers came from a trusted source. This could allow an attacker who already has a user's password to bypass the second-factor authentication by providing a specially crafted header in their request.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Build of Keycloak     cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:
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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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