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CVE-2026-17526 (GCVE-0-2026-17526)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 15:46 – Updated: 2026-09-16 18:09
VLAI
Title
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: privilege escalation via impersonation role allows takeover of realm administrator accounts
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.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-16 16:01 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68277 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68278 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68280 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-17526 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507409 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 Unaffected: 26.4.16-2 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 Unaffected: 26.4-26 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.16     cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 Unaffected: 26.6.7-3 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 Unaffected: 26.6-20 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7     cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat Data Grid 8     cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_data_grid:8
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Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack     cpe:/a:redhat:jbosseapxp
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Red Hat Red Hat Single Sign-On 7     cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7
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Date Public
2026-09-16 12:58
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Orionexe for reporting this issue.
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