CVE-2026-16106: Vulnerability in Red Hat Red Hat Build of Keycloak
A flaw was found in the admin REST API of Keycloak, a solution for identity and access management. The issue occurs when a delegated administrator attempts to remove a child role from a composite role. Due to missing authorization checks, an attacker with limited administrative permissions can remove privileged roles they are not authorized to manage, leading to a loss of access for other users and administrators.
CVE-2026-16106: Vulnerability in Red Hat Red Hat Build of Keycloak
Description
A flaw was found in the admin REST API of Keycloak, a solution for identity and access management. The issue occurs when a delegated administrator attempts to remove a child role from a composite role. Due to missing authorization checks, an attacker with limited administrative permissions can remove privileged roles they are not authorized to manage, leading to a loss of access for other users and administrators.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.9medium
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-17T14:53:02.339Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16106","vendor":"Red Hat"}]
Threat ID: 6a5b5eba2d1edb114c7fb768
Added to database: 07/18/2026, 11:08:42 UTC
Last updated: 07/18/2026, 11:08:56 UTC
Views: 3
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