CVE-2026-3121
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.01%Keycloak: manage-clients permission escalates to full realm admin access
Published: 3/26/2026Modified: 4/6/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (1)
- Maven/org.keycloak:keycloak-servicesfrom 0, < 26.5.6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
References (8)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3121
- PATCHhttps://github.com/keycloak/keycloak
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6477
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6478
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3121
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2442277
- WEBhttps://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/commit/79ab3110a257fb8d6f1a664c916687128094ed01
- WEBhttps://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/issues/46719