CVE-2026-14781
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: oidc email_verified claim incorrectly applied to userinfo email
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.8 Medium
- Published
- Jul 5, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 6, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 5, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.8 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-1288 Improper Validation of Consistency within Input
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Red Hat Build of KeycloakRed Hat | |
Red Hat Build of KeycloakRed Hat | |
Red Hat Build of KeycloakRed Hat | |
Red Hat Data Grid 8Red Hat | |
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion PackRed Hat | |
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7Red Hat |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-14781vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2497118issue-tracking
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