CVE-2026-37979 is a medium-severity security vulnerability in org.keycloak:keycloak-services (maven), affecting versions < 26.6.2. It is fixed in 26.6.2.
A flaw was found in Keycloak. This access control vulnerability in Keycloak's OpenID Connect (OIDC) token introspection endpoint allows a confidential client to bypass audience restrictions. An attacker-controlled client with valid credentials can retrieve sensitive token claims intended for other resource servers, compromising the confidentiality of lightweight access tokens. This issue can be exploited remotely by any confidential client in the realm with valid credentials.
CVE-2026-37979 has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium). The vector is network-reachable, low privileges required, and no user interaction. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment.
A fixed version is available (26.6.2). Upgrading removes the vulnerable code path.
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org.keycloak:keycloak-services (< 26.6.2)org.keycloak:keycloak-services → 26.6.2 (maven)Severity tells you how bad this could be in the worst case. It does not tell you whether you are exposed. Exploitability and impact are functions of runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A vulnerable package can sit in your dependency tree and never run.
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CVE-2026-37979 is a medium-severity security vulnerability in org.keycloak:keycloak-services (maven), affecting versions < 26.6.2. It is fixed in 26.6.2.
CVE-2026-37979 has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
org.keycloak:keycloak-services (maven) versions < 26.6.2 is affected.
Yes. CVE-2026-37979 is fixed in 26.6.2. Upgrade to this version or later.
Whether CVE-2026-37979 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
Upgrade org.keycloak:keycloak-services to 26.6.2 or later.