CVE-2026-15572

Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: dcr protocol mapper type-swap policy bypass allows privilege escalation

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Aug 5, 2026
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
Reserved
Jul 13, 2026

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Description

A flaw was found in Keycloak's Dynamic Client Registration (DCR) security policy management. The "Allowed Protocol Mapper Types" policy, which restricts which types of data mappers a client can use, fails to re-validate the mapper type during a client update if the mapper's configuration remains unchanged. An attacker with client registration privileges can exploit this by first registering an allowed mapper type with a malicious configuration and then swapping it for a restricted, high-privilege mapper type (such as one that hardcodes administrative roles). This allows the attacker to gain full administrative access to the Keycloak realm.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hredhat

Weaknesses

  • CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4Red Hat
  • 26.4.14-1 and laterNot affected
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4Red Hat
  • 26.4-22 and laterNot affected
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4Red Hat
  • 26.4-22 and laterNot affected
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.14Red Hat
    Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6Red Hat
    • 26.6.5-1 and laterNot affected
    Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6Red Hat
    • 26.6-11 and laterNot affected
    Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6Red Hat
    • 26.6-11 and laterNot affected
    Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.5Red Hat

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