A flaw was found in Keycloak. The Keycloak Authorization header parser is overly permissive regarding the formatting of the "Bearer" authentication scheme. It accepts non-standard characters (such as tabs) as separators and tolerates case variations that deviate from RFC 6750 specifications.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-gv94-wp4h-vv8p Keycloak has Incorrect Behavior Order: Authorization Before Parsing and Canonicalization
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

To mitigate this issue, configure any front-end security controls, such as Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) or reverse proxies, to strictly validate and normalize the `Authorization` header before forwarding requests to Keycloak. This ensures that only standard Bearer token formats are processed, preventing potential bypasses.

History

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:30:00 +0000

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threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 08 Jan 2026 04:00:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in Keycloak. The Keycloak Authorization header parser is overly permissive regarding the formatting of the "Bearer" authentication scheme. It accepts non-standard characters (such as tabs) as separators and tolerates case variations that deviate from RFC 6750 specifications.
Title Keycloak: keycloak authorization header parsing leading to potential security control bypass
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat build Keycloak
Weaknesses CWE-551
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat build Keycloak
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-08T15:55:08.627Z

Reserved: 2026-01-08T02:52:15.720Z

Link: CVE-2026-0707

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-08T15:55:04.859Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-08T04:15:56.520

Modified: 2026-01-08T18:08:18.457

Link: CVE-2026-0707

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-01-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-0707 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses