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Keycloak: keycloak: privilege escalation via time-of-check to time-of-use (toctou) vulnerability

CVSS 3.1 6.5 MEDIUMCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

cve-program · CVE-2026-9796

Published

A flaw was found in Keycloak. An authenticated administrator with the `manage-clients` role can exploit a Time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the name-based admin role checks. This allows the attacker to escalate their privileges to `realm-admin` for all users within the realm, granting them extensive control over the system. The composite role relationship persists even after the attacker's own permissions are revoked and across system reboots.

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Affected versions, risk and source history

cve-program · CVE-2026-9796

Published

rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle

https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6",
                    "collectionURL": "https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/",
                    "packageName": "rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "26.6.6-1",
                            "lessThan": "*",
                            "versionType": "rpm",
                            "status": "unaffected"
                        }
                    ],
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9"
                    ]
                }

rhbk/keycloak-rhel9

https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6",
                    "collectionURL": "https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/",
                    "packageName": "rhbk/keycloak-rhel9",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "26.6-12",
                            "lessThan": "*",
                            "versionType": "rpm",
                            "status": "unaffected"
                        }
                    ],
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9"
                    ]
                }

rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator

https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6",
                    "collectionURL": "https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/",
                    "packageName": "rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "26.6-12",
                            "lessThan": "*",
                            "versionType": "rpm",
                            "status": "unaffected"
                        }
                    ],
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9"
                    ]
                }

rhbk-keycloak-rhel9/rhbk-keycloak-rhel9

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.6",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "packageName": "rhbk-keycloak-rhel9/rhbk-keycloak-rhel9",
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6"
                    ]
                }

rhbk/keycloak-rhel9

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Build of Keycloak",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "rhbk/keycloak-rhel9",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:"
                    ]
                }

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