{"id":"CVE-2026-18963","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-18963","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T02:44:24.473Z","title":"The issue allows an unauthenticated attacker to force the password reset process for any user without needing to click the required email verification link.","description":"A flaw was found in the reset-credentials flow of the keycloak-services component, which is the core engine for identity and access management in Red Hat Build of Keycloak. The issue allows an unauthenticated attacker to force the password reset process for any user without needing to click the required email verification link. This can result in the attacker gaining full control over target user accounts by directly setting new credentials.","published":"2026-08-18T17:16:57.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-23T17:17:22.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-640"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.04682,"percentile":0.91757,"date":"2026-10-29","history":[{"date":"2026-10-22","score":0.06407,"percentile":0.9366},{"date":"2026-10-25","score":0.04682,"percentile":0.91715}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2026-10-21","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":52699,"kind":"exploit","title":"Keycloak  26.7.2 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52699","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/52699.py","file":"exploits/multiple/webapps/52699.py","published":"2026-10-21","added":"2026-10-21","updated":"2026-10-21","author":"Abel Maldonado","type":"webapps","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2026-18963"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is critical, while EPSS rates exploitation at 4.7%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[{"kind":"exploit","label":"Public exploit","at":"2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"type":"webapps","edbId":52699,"title":"Keycloak  26.7.2 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover","platform":"multiple","verified":false,"publishedAt":"2026-10-21"},"summary":"Public exploit published in Exploit-DB: Keycloak  26.7.2 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover (webapps, multiple)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56519","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56520","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56523","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56524","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18963","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511595","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-503852.html","source":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18963","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}