Insufficient Session Expiration in Keycloak - CVE-2026-1190

 

Insufficient Session Expiration in Keycloak - CVE-2026-1190

Published: September 10, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU148919
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 1.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-1190
CWE-ID: CWE-613
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to extend the validity period of SAML responses.

The vulnerability exists due to missing timestamp validation in Keycloak's SAML brokering functionality when processing SAML responses containing SubjectConfirmationData. A remote attacker can delay expiration of a SAML response to extend the time it is considered valid.

User interaction is required.


Affected software

Keycloak
Red Hat build of Keycloak

How to mitigate CVE-2026-1190

Install security update from vendor's website.

Keycloak - update to 26.5.4
Red Hat build of Keycloak - update to 26.4.10

External References

Related Security Bulletins