Tenant impersonation via unexpired browser sessions
Published May 13, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026
Session-management weakness in Arqit SKA-Platform before 26.03 allows physically proximate attackers to impersonate an authenticated tenant user. The Keycloak interface fails to expire an idle browser session because it improperly manages the idle-timeout parameter, leaving the authenticated tenant context reusable. Exploitation requires physical access to an unattended device and interaction with its still-authenticated browser; resulting actions remain limited to that tenant user's permissions.
Summary
What happened
Session-management weakness in Arqit SKA-Platform before 26.03 allows physically proximate attackers to impersonate an authenticated tenant user. The Keycloak interface fails to expire an idle browser session because it improperly manages the idle-timeout parameter, leaving the authenticated tenant context reusable. Exploitation requires physical access to an unattended device and interaction with its still-authenticated browser; resulting actions remain limited to that tenant user's permissions.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-33585
- Published
- May 13, 2026
- Updated
- May 13, 2026
- Vendor
- Arqit Quantum Inc.
- Product
- SKA-Platform
- Classifications
- CWE-233, T1185
- Attack vector
- physical
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- May 13, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 13, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <26.03
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