Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 Admin CLI certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat AMQ Broker 7, Build of Keycloak, Fuse 7, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack, Keycloak, Satellite 6 and Single Sign-On 7. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Admin CLI. This manipulation causes certificate validation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-96453. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat AMQ Broker 7, Build of Keycloak, Fuse 7, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack, Keycloak, Satellite 6 and Single Sign-On 7. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Admin CLI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in the Keycloak Admin CLI kcadm tool, which is used by administrators to manage Keycloak servers from the command line. When a custom truststore is provided to verify the server identity, the tool incorrectly accepts any self-signed certificate as long as the hostname matches. This allows a network attacker to impersonate the Keycloak server, steal administrative credentials, and perform unauthorized management actions.

The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-96453 since 09/23/2026. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1587.003 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.7
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CNA Base Score: 8.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/23/2026 CVE reserved
11/05/2026 +43 days Advisory disclosed
11/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CNA: redhat
CVE: CVE-2026-96453 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-96453
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-431557

Entryinfo

Created: 11/05/2026 18:34
Changes: 11/05/2026 18:34 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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