Missing Critical Step in Authentication Affecting org.keycloak:keycloak-services package, versions [,26.5.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGKEYCLOAK-15426479
  • published5 Mar 2026
  • disclosed2 Mar 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-3429  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-304  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.keycloak:keycloak-services to version 26.5.7 or higher.

Overview

org.keycloak:keycloak-services is an open source identity and access management solution for modern applications and services.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Critical Step in Authentication due to insufficient validation of the authentication Level of Assurance in the Account REST API. An attacker can gain control over a victim's account by deleting the victim's registered MFA device and registering their own, provided they have obtained the victim's primary credentials.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1