Keycloak: group-admin escalation to realm-admin (Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.49 % · percentile 42 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
A flaw was found in Keycloak. A missing authorization check in the GroupResource.addChild() endpoint within the Admin REST API allows an authenticated user with limited administrative privileges to reparent any existing group. When Fine-Grained Admin Permissions v2 (FGAPv2) is enabled, an attacker with management rights over a single low-privilege group can reparent a highly privileged group (such as one possessing the realm-admin role) under their managed group. Because group permissions follow a hierarchical structure, this action unauthorizedly grants the attacker management and password-reset capabilities over the members of the targeted privileged group. An attacker can exploit this to reset an administrator's password, compromise the account, and achieve a full realm takeover, leading to a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30049
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30050
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30083
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30084
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9099
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480182
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-9099.json
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | redhat-SADP |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-39472
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-9099
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0815 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans KeyCloak · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:build_of_keycloak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 26.4 < 26.4.13cpe:2.3:a:redhat:build_of_keycloak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 26.6 < 26.6.4
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Red Hat · Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 | unaffected 26.4.13-1 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 | unaffected 26.4-19 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 | unaffected 26.4-19 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.13 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 | unaffected 26.6.4-2 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 | unaffected 26.6-8 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 | unaffected 26.6-8 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.4 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |