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Common Keycloak Security Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)

Common Keycloak Security Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)

I logged in to a fresh Keycloak 26.8 realm and decoded the access token. Two backend clients would accept it, and checking the audience would not have stopped either one. Here are eight mistakes, most of them defaults, and how to fix them.
Muhammed Oğuz

October 2026