REDHAT-BUG-2555473: High severity Red Hat Keycloak vulnerability

Published Oct 19, 2026
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Updated

A flaw was found in the Keycloak Organization identity-first login flow. The vulnerability is caused by a failure to clear the SSO re-authentication flag (SSOAUTH note) when a flow transition occurs, such as moving to the reset-credentials or registration path, even though the authenticated user is removed from the authentication session. An attacker with valid credentials in two or more organizations can exploit this by initiating an organization-scoped authorization request, triggering a flow transition, and then submitting a victim's username. The Organization authenticator incorrectly trusts the stale re-authentication flag as valid proof of identity for the new username. Successful exploitation allows a remote attacker with Low privileges to perform a full account takeover, obtaining the victim's authorization code, access tokens, and a valid SSO session usable against downstream applications.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Red Hat Keycloak

Event History

Oct 19, 2026
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·10:16 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

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