CVE-2026-18963 (GCVE-0-2026-18963)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-18 17:05 – Updated: 2026-08-18 20:49
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Title
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: unauthenticated account takeover via reset-credentials flow bypass
Summary
A flaw was found in the reset-credentials flow of the keycloak-services component, which is the core engine for identity and access management in Red Hat Build of Keycloak. The issue allows an unauthenticated attacker to force the password reset process for any user without needing to click the required email verification link. This can result in the attacker gaining full control over target user accounts by directly setting new credentials.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-640 - Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56519 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56523 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56524 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18963 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511595 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 Unaffected: 26.4-23 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 Unaffected: 26.4.15-1 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 Unaffected: 26.6-12 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 Unaffected: 26.6.6-1 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.6     cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6
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Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack     cpe:/a:redhat:jbosseapxp
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Red Hat Red Hat Single Sign-On 7     cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7
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Date Public
2026-08-17 00:00
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank James Paremain for reporting this issue.
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