CVE-2026-3121: Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Red Hat Red Hat Build of Keycloak
A flaw was found in Keycloak. An administrator with `manage-clients` permission can exploit a misconfiguration where this permission is equivalent to `manage-permissions`. This allows the administrator to escalate privileges and gain control over roles, users, or other administrative functions within the realm. This privilege escalation can occur when admin permissions are enabled at the realm level.
CVE-2026-3121: Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Red Hat Red Hat Build of Keycloak
Description
A flaw was found in Keycloak. An administrator with `manage-clients` permission can exploit a misconfiguration where this permission is equivalent to `manage-permissions`. This allows the administrator to escalate privileges and gain control over roles, users, or other administrative functions within the realm. This privilege escalation can occur when admin permissions are enabled at the realm level.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2026-02-24T13:09:39.644Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69c589333c064ed76fb16803
Added to database: 3/26/2026, 7:29:55 PM
Last updated: 3/26/2026, 7:30:23 PM
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