CVE-2026-18203

Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: group policy extendchildren matches sibling group path prefixes

State
Published
Severity
6.5 Medium
Published
Jul 31, 2026
Updated
Aug 31, 2026
Reserved
Jul 29, 2026

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Description

A flaw was found in the group policy evaluation logic of Keycloak, an identity and access management solution. When a group policy is set to extend permissions to child groups, the system incorrectly uses a simple text-based prefix check to verify group membership. This allows a user who belongs to a different group with a similar starting name to bypass security checks and gain unauthorized access to administrative functions or protected resources.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nredhat

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Red Hat Build of KeycloakRed Hat
    Red Hat Build of KeycloakRed Hat
      Red Hat Build of KeycloakRed 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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