CVE-2026-9087: Keycloak: cross-session email verification proof not bound to upstream identity in first-broker-login

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-05-20 · updated 2026-07-23
Weakness: CWE-639

Description

A flaw was found in Keycloak. The cross-session verification proof is keyed only by (local userId, idpAlias) and is not bound to the upstream identity that was actually verified, so a second upstream account on the same IdP can consume it and get linked to the victim's local account.

Affected products

Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4: all versions

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25097
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25098
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30049
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30050
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9087
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480172

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