CVE-2026-96445

Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: conditional otp skip-header policy evaluated against untrusted proxy headers

Published Sep 23, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

Vendor 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.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak: cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9
References
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First Time appeared Redhat build Of Keycloak
Redhat single Sign-on
Vendors & Products Redhat build Of Keycloak
Redhat single Sign-on
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description 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.
Title Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: conditional otp skip-header policy evaluated against untrusted proxy headers
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat build Keycloak
Redhat red Hat Single Sign On
Weaknesses CWE-287
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:
cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat build Keycloak
Redhat red Hat Single Sign On
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Nov 6, 2026, 10:27 AM
Reserved
Sep 23, 2026, 9:30 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 23, 2026, 12:17 PM
Modified
Nov 6, 2026, 11:17 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 22, 2026, 3:35 PM