Red Hat Keycloak 7 Authorization Services privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Red Hat Keycloak 7. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Authorization Services. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-94213. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Keycloak 7 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Authorization Services. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in the Authorization Services component of Keycloak, an open-source identity and access management solution. The issue occurs in the policy evaluation endpoint, which is used by administrators to test how access policies apply to specific users. Due to missing authorization checks, a delegated administrator with limited viewing privileges can access the full profile and role information of any user in the realm, even if they are not permitted to view user details. This could lead to the exposure of sensitive information such as email addresses and assigned security roles.

The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-94213 since 09/21/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/21/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-3484). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Open Source Keycloak

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• Red Hat

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• Keycloak

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• 7

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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