New version of open source MFA solution released: privacyIDEA 3.12 introduces user resolver for Entra ID and Keycloak and preview function for new web UI
Kassel, 9 September 2025 – IT security company NetKnights has released version 3.12 of its open-source multi-factor authentication solution privacyIDEA. The new version integrates a user resolver for Entra ID and Keycloak. For the first time, users can get a preview of the fundamentally redesigned WebUI. Enhanced smartphone container functions enable efficient token management.
User Resolver for Entra ID and Keycloak
privacyIDEA 3.12 introduces user resolvers for Entra ID and Keycloak. Administrators can retrieve user data directly from these directory services and assign tokens to them in privacyIDEA. This enables seamless token management, even in hybrid infrastructures consisting of on-premises and cloud environments.
Preview of modernised WebUI
The privacyIDEA user interface is being extensively modernised and will be available from version 3.13 . Version 3.12 offers a preview function of the new WebUI for user self-service and the administrator view. This provides a preview of the improved token overview, which allows tokens to be managed more efficiently. Users can test the new interface and provide feedback; based on this, the new WebUI’s user-friendliness will be further refined.
Enhanced Smartphone Container Functions
The smartphone container functions were expanded in version 3.12. Containers can be rolled out during authentication. Additionally, smartphone containers can be rolled out using the password of the user store as a registration code – in combination with the Authenticator app from version 4.6.0 onwards. This secures the rollout process without requiring an additional password.
Policy and Condition Improvements
Numerous improvements have been made to existing policies to enable more precise configuration. In addition, new conditions have been added and their handling has been refined.
Version 3.12 of privacyIDEA lays a modernised, future-oriented foundation for upcoming releases and prepares the software both technically and conceptually for the next development steps.
All other changes are listed in detail in the Changelog on GitHub. At this point, all components of privacyIDEA are also being further developed as open source software under the AGPLv3 under the leadership of NetKnights GmbH.
Availability
The new version 3.12 of privacyIDEA is now available via the Python Package Index and in the community repositories for Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04.
About privacyIDEA
privacyIDEA is an open source multi-client and multi-instance capable system for multi-factor authentication. The development is made transparently on Github. Installations and updates are easily possible via the Python Package Index or via repositories for Ubuntu. A few weeks after the respective community major release, NetKnights GmbH publishes an enterprise release for Ubuntu LTS and RHEL/CentOS.
Further information on the latest developments relating to privacyIDEA can be found at https://netknights.it/en/news/.