CVE-2026-14781
MEDIUM
4.8
CVSS 3.1
Description
A flaw exists in the org.keycloak.broker.oidc package where the OIDC broker incorrectly synchronizes the email_verified claim. When an OIDC identity provider is configured with trustEmail=true and the userinfo endpoint is enabled, Keycloak retrieves the email address from the userinfo response but retrieves the email_verified status exclusively from the id_token.
The root cause is a lack of validation ensuring that the email_verified claim in the id_token actually refers to the email address returned by the userinfo endpoint. If these two sources return different email addresses, the id_token's email_verified=true claim is blindly applied to the userinfo email.
Exploitation Conditions:
The OIDC identity provider must have trustEmail set to true (non-default).
The userinfo endpoint must be enabled (default).
The attacker must control or have compromised the upstream OIDC provider.
Concrete Impact:
Mark arbitrary email addresses as verified in the Keycloak database.
Bypass email-based security controls or verification workflows.
Potential account takeover if the application relies solely on the email_verified flag from the IdP to link accounts.
Metadata
Severity & Metrics
4.8
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected products (6)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Build of Keycloak | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Build of Keycloak | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Build of Keycloak | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Data Grid 8 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | — | — |
Weakness (CWE)
| CWE | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-1288 | cna | Improper Validation of Consistency within Input |
CVSS scores (1)
| Score | Severity | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | MEDIUM | 3.1 | cna | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
References (2)