CVE-2026-18201

Keycloak provides a way to manage identity providers and organizations through its administrative API. A flaw was discovered where an administrator with permission to manage identity providers could link a new provider to an organization without having the required permissions to manage that organization. This could allow an unauthorized administrator to influence how users log into specific organizations.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 4.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18201	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2508290	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:build_of_keycloak:-:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-07-29 10:16

Updated : 2026-08-07 21:05

NVD link : CVE-2026-18201

Mitre link : CVE-2026-18201

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-18201

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

build_of_keycloak

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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