CVE-2026-9099
published 2026-06-25CVE-2026-9099: A flaw was found in Keycloak. A missing authorization check in the GroupResource.addChild() endpoint within the Admin REST API allows an authenticated user…
PriorityP352high7.7CVSS 3.1
AVNACHPRHUINSCCHIHAN
EPSS
0.49%
41.8th percentile
A flaw was found in Keycloak. A missing authorization check in the GroupResource.addChild() endpoint within the Admin REST API allows an authenticated user with limited administrative privileges to reparent any existing group. When Fine-Grained Admin Permissions v2 (FGAPv2) is enabled, an attacker with management rights over a single low-privilege group can reparent a highly privileged group (such as one possessing the realm-admin role) under their managed group.
Because group permissions follow a hierarchical structure, this action unauthorizedly grants the attacker management and password-reset capabilities over the members of the targeted privileged group. An attacker can exploit this to reset an administrator's password, compromise the account, and achieve a full realm takeover, leading to a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | build_of_keycloak | >= 26.4 < 26.4.13 | 26.4.13 |
| redhat | build_of_keycloak | >= 26.6 < 26.6.4 | 26.6.4 |
| rhbk | keycloak-operator-bundle_26.6.4-2 | — | — |
| rhbk | keycloak-rhel9 | — | — |
| rhbk | keycloak-rhel9-operator_26.6-8 | — | — |
| rhbk | keycloak-rhel9_26.6-8 | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.7HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
vendor_redhat7.7HIGH
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Red Hat
keycloak: Group-Admin Escalation to Realm-Admin
vendor_redhat·2026-06-25·CVSS 7.7
CVE-2026-9099 [HIGH] CWE-639 keycloak: Group-Admin Escalation to Realm-Admin
keycloak: Group-Admin Escalation to Realm-Admin
A flaw was found in Keycloak. A missing authorization check in the GroupResource.addChild() endpoint within the Admin REST API allows an authenticated user with limited administrative privileges to reparent any existing group. When Fine-Grained Admin Permissions v2 (FGAPv2) is enabled, an attacker with management rights over a single low-privilege group can reparent a highly privileged group (such as one possessing the realm-admin role) under their managed group.
Because group permissions follow a hierarchical structure, this action unauthorizedly grants the attacker management and password-reset capabilities over the members of the targeted privileged group. An attacker can exploit this to reset an administrator's password, compromise the a
VulDB
Keycloak on Red Hat Admin REST API GroupResource.addChild authorization (WID-SEC-2026-2093)
vuldb·2026-09-01·CVSS 7.7
CVE-2026-9099 [HIGH] Keycloak on Red Hat Admin REST API GroupResource.addChild authorization (WID-SEC-2026-2093)
A vulnerability was found in Keycloak on Red Hat. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function GroupResource.addChild of the component Admin REST API. Such manipulation leads to authorization bypass.
This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-9099. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.
GHSA
A flaw was found in Keycloak.
ghsa_unreviewed·2026-06-25
CVE-2026-9099 [HIGH] CWE-639 A flaw was found in Keycloak.
A flaw was found in Keycloak. A missing authorization check in the GroupResource.addChild() endpoint within the Admin REST API allows an authenticated user with limited administrative privileges to reparent any existing group. When Fine-Grained Admin Permissions v2 (FGAPv2) is enabled, an attacker with management rights over a single low-privilege group can reparent a highly privileged group (such as one possessing the realm-admin role) under their managed group.
Because group permissions follow a hierarchical structure, this action unauthorizedly grants the attacker management and password-reset capabilities over the members of the targeted privileged group. An attacker can exploit this to reset an administrator's password, compromise the account, and achieve a full realm takeover, leadi
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30049https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30050https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30083https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30084https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9099https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480182https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30049https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30050https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30083https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30084https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9099https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480182https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-9099.json
2026-06-25
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