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high 7.2

CVE-2026-17526 json

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

published 2026-09-16 53 d ago modified 2026-09-16 53 d ago also EUVD-2026-80854

cvss
7.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 26.4-26, 26.4.16-2
  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 26.6-20, 26.6.7-3

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-17526 updated cvss 7.2

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

  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 rhbk/keycloak-rhel9 26.4-26, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator 26.4-26, rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle 26.4.16-2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:68276
  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.16
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:68280
  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 rhbk/keycloak-rhel9 26.6-20, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator 26.6-20, rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle 26.6.7-3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:68277
  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:68278
  • Red Hat Data Grid 8 keycloak-services 23.0.7 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack keycloak-services 23.0.7 Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 keycloak-services 23.0.7
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
53 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4
  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.16
  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6
  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Data Grid 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
  • Red Hat Red Hat Single Sign-On 7

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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