Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting org.keycloak:keycloak-core package, versions [,26.6.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGKEYCLOAK-17660979
  • published28 Jun 2026
  • disclosed29 May 2026
  • creditBilal Teke

Introduced: 29 May 2026

CVE-2026-11800  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-347  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.keycloak:keycloak-core to version 26.6.4 or higher.

Overview

org.keycloak:keycloak-core is an open source identity and access management solution.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature via the JWT Authorization Grant flow due to algorithm confusion in signature verification. An attacker can gain unauthorized access and potentially escalate privileges by forging assertions and creating unauthorized access tokens.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1