Privilege escalation via unvalidated Keycloak access token
Published Aug 29, 2026 · Updated Aug 29, 2026
Authorization bypass in pac4j-oidc before 6.5.6 allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated roles via a forged access token. KeycloakRolesAuthorizationGenerator parses the realm_access and resource_access claims and adds their roles to the profile without checking the token's signature, issuer, audience, or expiry. A valid ID token and an application that relies on these generated roles are required; accepted forged roles can grant access reserved for higher-privileged users.
Summary
What happened
Authorization bypass in pac4j-oidc before 6.5.6 allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated roles via a forged access token. KeycloakRolesAuthorizationGenerator parses the realm_access and resource_access claims and adds their roles to the profile without checking the token's signature, issuer, audience, or expiry. A valid ID token and an application that relies on these generated roles are required; accepted forged roles can grant access reserved for higher-privileged users.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-82461
- Published
- Aug 29, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 29, 2026
- Vendor
- pac4j
- Product
- pac4j
- Classifications
- CWE-347, T1078
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 29, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 29, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <6.5.6
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