Description
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.
Published: 2026-07-29
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

Keycloak’s administrative API allows an administrator with permission to create identity providers to associate a newly created provider with an organization they do not have manage‑organization rights over. This flaw can let an unauthorized administrator influence how members of that organization authenticate, altering the identity‑provider binding without proper authorization approval.

Affected Systems

Red Hat Build of Keycloak, Red Hat Data Grid 8, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack, Red Hat Single Sign-On 7. Version information is not provided.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 5.5 indicates moderate severity, and the EPSS score of less than 1% shows very low likelihood of exploitation currently. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and no public exploits are reported. Based on the description, it is inferred that an attacker needs administrative access to the Keycloak instance with permissions to create identity providers, making it a privilege‑oriented attack limited to systems with exposed administrative APIs.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 4, 2026 at 23:45 UTC.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.


OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Configure RBAC so that only users possessing both manage‑identity‑provider and manage‑organization permissions can create and bind identity providers
  • Restrict access to the administrative API to a limited set of trusted hosts or network segments
  • Audit and monitor administrative logs for identity‑provider creation followed by organization binding, and set alerts for anomalies
  • Apply any forthcoming Red Hat vendor patch or update as soon as it becomes available
  • No effective workaround is available; no mitigation meets Red Hat Product Security criteria.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 4, 2026 at 23:45 UTC.

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History

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat build Of Keycloak
Redhat data Grid
Redhat jboss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
Vendors & Products Redhat build Of Keycloak
Redhat data Grid
Redhat jboss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: generic identity-provider creation can bind brokers to organizations without manage-organizations
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat build Keycloak
Redhat jboss Data Grid
Redhat jbosseapxp
Redhat red Hat Single Sign On
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_data_grid:8
cpe:/a:redhat:jbosseapxp
cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat build Keycloak
Redhat jboss Data Grid
Redhat jbosseapxp
Redhat red Hat Single Sign On
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Redhat Build Keycloak Build Of Keycloak Data Grid Jboss Data Grid Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack Jbosseapxp Red Hat Single Sign On
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-29T13:52:00.409Z

Reserved: 2026-07-29T07:42:03.892Z

Link: CVE-2026-18201

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-29T13:51:38.622Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-07-29T10:16:40.620

Modified: 2026-08-07T21:05:35.527

Link: CVE-2026-18201

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-07-28T13:49:10Z

Links: CVE-2026-18201 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-05T00:00:03Z

Weaknesses