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CVE-2026-9797: Keycloak's administrative services (org.keycloak.services.resources.admin) · CWE-266

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-9797· Medium 6.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 10:35 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.16.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 6 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Build of Keycloakrhbk/keycloak-rhel9Affected–Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Currently, no mitigation or patch meeting Red Hat Product Security criteria for ease of use, applicability, or stability is available. Users should monitor Red Hat advisories for updates. Until a fix is released, restricting the assignment of the 'manage-clients' role to trusted administrators only is recommended to reduce risk.

Description

A vulnerability in Keycloak's administrative services allows a highly privileged attacker with the 'manage-clients' role to escalate privileges to 'realm-admin' by manipulating client configurations such as JSON Web Key Sets, authenticator types, and secrets. This flaw enables unauthorized access to sensitive resources within the Keycloak realm. The issue has a medium severity rating with a CVSS score of 6.5. Currently, no effective mitigation or patch meeting Red Hat's criteria is available.

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