CVE-2026-97175

Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: unverified idp email auto-linking enables account takeover

Products / packages Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.17 · Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.8 · Red Hat Single Sign-On 7

Published 05/11/2026, 17:16:04 UTC

Severity and exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV coverage does not rule out exploitation.

KEV checked 14/11/2026, 21:00:34 UTC

redhat · CVSS:3.1 · 8.8

Assessment vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity

high8.8

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Known exploitation

Not listed in the checked CISA KEV catalog

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Public exploit

Not established by this record

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Remediation

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What this means

A flaw in Keycloak's idp-auto-link authenticator allows account takeover via unverified email address matching. The issue occurs when Keycloak links an external identity to a local account without verifying the email address. This enables an attacker to take over a victim's account.

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Attack conditions

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Affected versions

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Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.17

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Other versions: unaffected

Product identifiers (CPE)

cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.17

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Product identifiers (CPE)

cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9

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::el9

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.8

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cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Single Sign-On 7

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cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7

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What to do

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Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

--- CME Mitigation Guidance (2026-11-06) --- Disclaimer: The following mitigation solutions are provided as a courtesy, pending the application of an official patch. This content was generated utilizing AI tools in conjunction with data from https://cmetaxonomy.org. Customers are advised to independently evaluate and test these temporary mitigations within their own infrastructure.

The highest-value action is to require verification of the email verified claim before linking brokered identities to local accounts in the idp-auto-link authenticator: upgrade to Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.17 (or the fixed Rhbk/Keycloak Rhel/Keycloak Services builds), which verify the email verified claim before automatically linking an incoming brokered identity to an existing local account, closing federated identity login using unverified matching email address. Until patched, this is a concern on Keycloak deployments configured with the idp-auto-link authenticator in the first-broker-login flow, so audit brokered external identity providers to ensure they enforce email verification, or avoid using external providers that permit arbitrary unverified email addresses matching existing local accounts. As a compensating measure, Enforce multi-factor authentication on target Keycloak accounts to prevent attackers from completing account takeovers even if the federated identity is automatically linked. These controls limit blast radius and contain exploitation, but they do not fix the underlying improper authentication defect — apply the upstream patch to fully remediate.

Highest-impact CME: CME-801 Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) (medium)

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Public exploit evidence

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Original source description

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A flaw was found in the idp-auto-link authenticator of the keycloak-services component, which handles user identity federation. The issue occurs when Keycloak automatically links an incoming identity from an external provider to an existing local account based on an email address without verifying if the provider has validated that email. This can allow an attacker to take over a victim's account by using a matching unverified email address at a brokered provider.

References

5 sources

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95759

Vendor advisoryredhat

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95760

Vendor advisoryredhat

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95761

Vendor advisoryredhat

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95762

Vendor advisoryredhat

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97175

Security advisoryredhat

Inside the record

Evidence available

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Original records

CVE-2026-97175

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-287 ↗

Improper Authentication

redhat

Contributing organizations · 2

redhat

Assigning organization

2026-11-06

CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-11-09

Timeline

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5 Nov 2026, 17:16
Advisory published
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9 Nov 2026, 22:25
Source updated
Latest modification date supplied by the source.
9 Nov 2026, 22:36
Last imported by cve.new
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What changed

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CVE · CVE-2026-971752026-11-09

Observed 2026-11-09T22:36:37.814Z · upstream updated 2026-11-09T22:25:48.617Z

Prioritization updated

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CVE · CVE-2026-971752026-11-06

Observed 2026-11-06T20:06:08.484Z · upstream updated 2026-11-06T19:44:45.314Z

Remediation guidance changed

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References changed

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after

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CVE · CVE-2026-971752026-11-06

Observed 2026-11-06T18:03:43.327Z · upstream updated 2026-11-06T17:03:32.648Z

Product or version evidence changed

before

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References changed

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after

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CVE · CVE-2026-971752026-11-06

Observed 2026-11-06T10:51:53.467Z · upstream updated 2026-11-06T10:23:58.264Z

Product or version evidence changed

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after

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References changed

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]

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Severity · CVSS: Technical impact and attack conditions. The headline is the highest imported catalog score; sources may disagree.
Observed exploitation · KEV: An absent or unavailable KEV listing does not establish that exploitation has not occurred.
Predicted exploitation · EPSS: 0.30% estimated probability in the next 30 days. 2026-11-06 · FIRST EPSS.

CISA-ADP · SSVC

CISA Coordinator · 2026-11-09

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total

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