Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-9704

MediumUpdated

Published: 27 May 2026

Published
27 May 2026
Modified
26 June 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0032 23.8th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-9704 is a medium-severity Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input (CWE-1284) vulnerability in Redhat Build Of Keycloak. Its CVSS base score is 6.8 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 23.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A flaw was found in Keycloak. An authenticated user with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability by sending an oversized subject_token JSON Web Token (JWT) to the TokenEndpoint. When the token exceeds a 4000-character limit, it is silently dropped, causing…

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the system to fall back to client credentials. This allows the user to gain the permissions of the client's service account, leading to privilege escalation.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
Why these techniques?

Direct privilege escalation via exploitation of input validation flaw in authentication endpoint.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Affected Assets

redhat
build of keycloak
all versions

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References