HIGHCVSS 8.1Vulnerability
CVE-2026-11800
### Description A flaw was found in Keycloak. This JWT algorithm confusion vulnerability in the JWT Authorization Grant flow allows an attacker with valid client credentials to bypass signature verification. By forging an assertion, the attacker can create unauthorized access tokens. This enables the attacker to impersonate any federated user linked to the affected Identity Provider, leading to unauthorized access and potential privilege escalation.
Properties
- Summary
- Keycloak has authentication bypass via jwt algorithm confusion
- Severity
- high
- Epss score
- 0.003
- Cvss score
- 8.1
- Retrieved at
- 2026-11-03T21:28:03+00:00
- Ghsa published
- 2026-11-03T17:24:27Z
- Source url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j97h-3f8r-mrjr
- Ghsa updated
- 2026-11-03T17:24:30Z
- Ghsa id
- GHSA-j97h-3f8r-mrjr
- Last source
- FIRST EPSS
- Cve id
- CVE-2026-11800
- Cvss vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- First seen by Signal
- 2026-11-03T21:22:27+00:00
- Is ghsa only
- false
- Epss percentile
- 0.22829
Related Entities (3)
AFFECTS (1)
HAS_WEAKNESS (1)
VULNERABLE_TO (1)
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