Riskcovery

CVE-2026-17526

Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: privilege escalation via impersonation role allows takeover of realm administrator accounts

State
Published
Severity
7.2 High
Published
Sep 16, 2026
Updated
Sep 16, 2026
Reserved
Jul 27, 2026

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Description

Keycloak is an open-source identity and access management solution. A vulnerability was discovered where a user with the impersonation role can impersonate a realm administrator. This allows the attacker to gain full administrative control over the realm, including the ability to manage users, clients, and roles.

Scores

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

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4Red Hat
  • 26.4.16-2 and laterNot affected
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4Red Hat
  • 26.4-26 and laterNot affected
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4Red Hat
  • 26.4-26 and laterNot affected
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.16Red Hat
    Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.16Red Hat
      Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6Red Hat
      • 26.6.7-3 and laterNot affected
      Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6Red Hat
      • 26.6-20 and laterNot affected
      Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6Red Hat
      • 26.6-20 and laterNot affected
      Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7Red Hat
        Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7Red Hat
          Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7Red Hat
            Red Hat Data Grid 8Red Hat
              Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion PackRed Hat
                Red Hat Single Sign-On 7Red Hat

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