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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2026-3121 json

Keycloak: org.keycloak/keycloak-services: keycloak: privilege escalation via manage-clients permission

published 2026-03-26 7 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-7xf9-4jfc-wgm4 , EUVD-2026-16307

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 Keycloak. An administrator with `manage-clients` permission can exploit a misconfiguration where this permission is equivalent to `manage-permissions`. This allows the administrator to escalate privileges and gain control over roles, users, or other administrative functions within the realm. This privilege escalation can occur when admin permissions are enabled at the realm level.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.keycloak:keycloak-services 26.5.6
  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 26.4-14, 26.4.11-1

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-2026-3121 updated cvss 6.5

keycloak: org.keycloak/keycloak-services: Keycloak: Privilege escalation via manage-clients permission

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 keycloak-services Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack keycloak-services
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 rhbk/keycloak-rhel9 26.4-14, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator 26.4-14, rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle 26.4.11-1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:6478
  • Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.11
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:6477
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 keycloak-services
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
7 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:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.keycloak:keycloak-services
<26.5.6
26.5.6

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4
  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.11
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
  • Red Hat Red Hat Single Sign-On 7

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

References

Sources

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