CVE-2026-18203: Incorrect Authorization in Red Hat Red Hat Build of Keycloak
A flaw was found in the group policy evaluation logic of Keycloak, an identity and access management solution. When a group policy is set to extend permissions to child groups, the system incorrectly uses a simple text-based prefix check to verify group membership. This allows a user who belongs to a different group with a similar starting name to bypass security checks and gain unauthorized access to administrative functions or protected resources.
CVE-2026-18203: Incorrect Authorization in Red Hat Red Hat Build of Keycloak
Description
A flaw was found in the group policy evaluation logic of Keycloak, an identity and access management solution. When a group policy is set to extend permissions to child groups, the system incorrectly uses a simple text-based prefix check to verify group membership. This allows a user who belongs to a different group with a similar starting name to bypass security checks and gain unauthorized access to administrative functions or protected resources.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-29T07:49:19.596Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18203","vendor":"Red Hat"}]
Threat ID: 6a6c50cf9c2644c7f87f9861
Added to database: 07/31/2026, 07:37:51 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 11:46:14 UTC
Views: 5
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