CVE-2026-96460
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: indefinite access token renewal via standard token exchange v2
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
A flaw was found in the token exchange mechanism of Keycloak. When using Standard Token Exchange V2, the system issues new tokens with a fresh lifetime based on the requester clients configuration instead of limiting it to the original tokens expiration. This issue allows an authenticated requester to indefinitely extend access for service accounts by repeatedly exchanging tokens, even if the original client has been disabled by an administrator.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.19% · top 91% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Weakness
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6
- unaffected 26.6.8-2 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6
- unaffected 26.6-24 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6
- unaffected 26.6-24 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.8
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.8
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
All versions: unaffected
What to do
Workaround: 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.
References (4)
- RHSA-2026:95761 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:95762 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96460 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2539301 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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