---
id: CVE-2026-96445
title: >-
  A flaw was found in the Conditional OTP authenticator of Keycloak, an identity
  and access management solution
summary: >-
  A flaw was found in the Conditional OTP authenticator of Keycloak, an identity
  and access management solution. The issue occurs when the system evaluates
  specific HTTP headers to determine if a one-time password (OTP) should be
  skipped, …
severity: medium
cvss: 6.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-287
vendor: Red Hat
product: keycloak-services
affected:
  - keycloak-services (all versions)
  - rhbk/keycloak-rhel9 (all versions)
  - keycloak-services
published: '2026-09-23'
updated: '2026-09-24'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-24T14:51:56.593'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96445'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96445'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539280'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-96445.json
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96445'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96445'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-23T18:18:59.386636Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-23T11:22:32.917Z'
epss: 0.00242
epssPercentile: 0.13631
---

## Overview

A flaw was found in the Conditional OTP authenticator of Keycloak, an identity and access management solution. The issue occurs when the system evaluates specific HTTP headers to determine if a one-time password (OTP) should be skipped, but fails to verify if those headers came from a trusted source. This could allow an attacker who already has a user's password to bypass the second-factor authentication by providing a specially crafted header in their request.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Build of Keycloak · no fix planned: Red Hat Build of Keycloak · updated 2026-09-23 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-96445.json)