Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: conditional otp skip-header policy evaluated against untrusted proxy headers
Severity and exploitation
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Assessment vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NSeverity
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What this means
A flaw in Keycloak's Conditional OTP authenticator evaluates untrusted proxy headers, potentially allowing an attacker with a user's password to bypass second-factor authentication. The issue affects Keycloak when evaluating specific HTTP headers. An attacker must have a user's password to exploit this weakness.
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Red Hat · redhat
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.8
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Red Hat · redhat
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.8
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Other versions: unaffected
Product identifiers (CPE)
cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9Red Hat · redhat
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.8
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Red Hat · redhat
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.8
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Product identifiers (CPE)
cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9Red Hat · redhat
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
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Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
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Product identifiers (CPE)
cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7What to do
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Public exploit evidence
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Original source description
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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.
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CVE-2026-96445View the latest unmodified CVE JSON from the official source. It may be newer than this imported page.
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