Answer in brief
CVE-2026-16093 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability in Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: required signed-jwt assertion policy can be bypassed with unsigned assertion headers. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Affected software not mapped in the current feed; confirm the named product and version against your inventory.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 5.4. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
Affected software not mapped in the current feed; confirm the named product and version against your inventory.
Published upstream
Jul 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Jul 21, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jul 17, 2026
Keycloak provides a mechanism called Client Policies to enforce security requirements on clients, such as requiring them to use signed JWTs for authentication. A flaw was discovered where this enforcement can be bypassed. An attacker with valid client credentials can provide a fake, unsigned assertion header that tricks the system into thinking the policy requirements have been met. This allows the attacker to authenticate using simpler methods like a client secret even when the administrator has mandated more secure, signed assertions.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.
Answer in brief
CVE-2026-16093 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability in Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: required signed-jwt assertion policy can be bypassed with unsigned assertion headers. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Affected software not mapped in the current feed; confirm the named product and version against your inventory.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 5.4. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
Affected software not mapped in the current feed; confirm the named product and version against your inventory.
Published upstream
Jul 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Jul 21, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jul 17, 2026
Keycloak provides a mechanism called Client Policies to enforce security requirements on clients, such as requiring them to use signed JWTs for authentication. A flaw was discovered where this enforcement can be bypassed. An attacker with valid client credentials can provide a fake, unsigned assertion header that tricks the system into thinking the policy requirements have been met. This allows the attacker to authenticate using simpler methods like a client secret even when the administrator has mandated more secure, signed assertions.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.