Red Hat Keycloak Admin REST API privileges management

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5.1$5k-$25k1.55+

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Keycloak. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Admin REST API. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-94001. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Keycloak (unknown version). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Admin REST API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in the Admin REST API of Keycloak, an open-source identity and access management solution. The endpoint used for deleting user credentials does not correctly check for fine-grained reset-password permissions. This allows a delegated administrator, who should be restricted from resetting passwords, to delete a user's password credentials, resulting in the user being unable to log in.

It is possible to read the advisory at access.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-94001 since 09/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/19/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 3.8
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/19/2026 Advisory disclosed
09/19/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
09/19/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/19/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-94001 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-94001
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-407951

Entryinfo

Created: 09/19/2026 16:43
Changes: 09/19/2026 16:43 (60)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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