MEDIUM 6.5
GHSA-pq65-77rc-7r8c
Keycloak has a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Details
A flaw was found in Keycloak. An authenticated administrator with the `manage-clients` role can exploit a Time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the name-based admin role checks. This allows the attacker to escalate their privileges to `realm-admin` for all users within the realm, granting them extensive control over the system. The composite role relationship persists even after the attacker's own permissions are revoked and across system reboots.
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Affected packages
Maven / org.keycloak:keycloak-server
Introduced in:
0 Fixed in: 26.6.4 Fix
# pom.xml: bump <version>26.6.4</version> for org.keycloak:keycloak-server References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9796 [ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/issues/49427 [WEB]
- https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/pull/49624 [WEB]
- https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/commit/39cb8de54c8517efeda4baa8bc314fd40e9c6934 [WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9796 [WEB]
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482464 [WEB]
- https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak [PACKAGE]