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medium 6.5

CVE-2026-18573 json

Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: client access-type policy condition bypass during client update

published 2026-08-02 3 mo ago modified 2026-09-17 52 d ago also BIT-keycloak-2026-18573 , EUVD-2026-51927

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in the keycloak-services component of Keycloak, which is used for managing authentication and authorization flows. The issue occurs when a realm administrator configures client policies to enforce specific authentication requirements on confidential clients. Due to improper evaluation of the client state during an update operation, an attacker with client management permissions can bypass these security policies by first creating a public client and then updating it to a confidential client with weaker authentication. This can result in the persistence of clients that do not comply with the intended security hardening of the realm.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami keycloak 26.7.3
  • 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-2026-18573 updated cvss 6.5

keycloak-services: keycloak-services: Client access-type policy condition bypass during client update

  • 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
partial
Assessed
3 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
OSV 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami keycloak
<26.7.3
26.7.3

Affected products

  • 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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