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CVE-2026-19688

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Description

A flaw was found in the Admin REST API of Keycloak, an identity and access management solution. The Admin API fails to verify the intended audience of bearer tokens during authentication. This issue allows an attacker who operates a client within a realm to capture an administrator's access token and reuse it to perform unauthorized administrative actions, potentially leading to full realm compromise.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-06 06:16:42.687000
Last modified
2026-11-06 06:16:42.807000
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  "id": "CVE-2026-19688",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-06T06:16:42.687",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-06T06:16:42.807",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "A flaw was found in the Admin REST API of Keycloak, an identity and access management solution. The Admin API fails to verify the intended audience of bearer tokens during authentication. This issue allows an attacker who operates a client within a realm to capture an administrator's access token and reuse it to perform unauthorized administrative actions, potentially leading to full realm compromise."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Red Hat",
          "product": "Red Hat Build of Keycloak",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
          "packageName": "keycloak-services",
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:"
          ]
        },
        {
          "vendor": "Red Hat",
          "product": "Red Hat Build of Keycloak",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
          "packageName": "rhbk-openshift-rhel9/rhbk-openshift-rhel9",
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:"
          ]
        },
        {
          "vendor": "Red Hat",
          "product": "Red Hat Single Sign-On 7",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
          "packageName": "keycloak-services",
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Primary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "baseScore": 6.8,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "HIGH",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 0.9,
        "impactScore": 5.9
      }
    ]
  },
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "type": "Primary",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-287"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-19688",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514534",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}