Red Hat Keycloak Organization Management improper authorization

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Red Hat Keycloak. This affects an unknown function of the component Organization Management. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authorization. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-16072. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Keycloak (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Organization Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A flaw was found in the organization management component of Keycloak. A delegated administrator with permission to manage organizations can create an invitation for a non-existent email address and then retrieve the secret registration link directly through the application programming interface. By using this link, the administrator can create new user accounts and add them to the organization without having the required user management permissions or access to the invited email account. This allows an administrator to bypass security boundaries and add unauthorized members to an organization.

The advisory is shared for download at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-16072 since 07/17/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 07/17/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1548.002.

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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• Red Hat

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• Keycloak

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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