Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: standard token exchange v2 bypasses mtls holder-of-key binding
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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Known exploitation
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Public exploit
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Remediation
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What this means
A flaw in Keycloak's Standard Token Exchange V2 feature bypasses the mTLS holder-of-key binding, allowing an attacker with stolen client credentials to obtain an unrestricted token. The affected versions are not specified. The weakness is related to improper authentication.
Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.Attack conditions
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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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Other versions: unaffected
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 · redhat
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
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Other versions: unaffected
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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Keycloak provides a feature called mTLS holder-of-key binding which ensures that a token can only be used by the client that originally requested it by binding it to their digital certificate. A flaw was discovered where the new Standard Token Exchange V2 feature does not check for this certificate. This allows an attacker with stolen client credentials to obtain a standard, unrestricted token that bypasses these security protections.
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CVE-2026-97846View the latest unmodified CVE JSON from the official source. It may be newer than this imported page.
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