Keycloak on Red Hat privileges assignment

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Keycloak on Red Hat. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to privileges assignment. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-12388. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Keycloak on Red Hat (version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges assignment vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-266. A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A flaw was found in the Identity Provider (IdP) mapper component of Keycloak, which is used to manage how user information from external services is mapped to Keycloak users. An administrator with limited permissions to manage identity providers can exploit this flaw by creating a "Hardcoded Role" mapper that assigns high-level administrative roles (like realm-admin) to themselves or others. This allows a restricted administrator to bypass security checks and gain full control over the entire realm.

The advisory is available at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-12388 since 06/16/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/30/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Keycloak

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• open-source

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