CVE-2026-37981: Insufficient Granularity of Access Control in Red Hat Red Hat Build of Keycloak
A flaw was found in Keycloak. A broken access control vulnerability in the Account Resources user lookup endpoint allows a remote authenticated user, who owns at least one User-Managed Access (UMA) resource, to enumerate and harvest personally identifiable information (PII) for all realm users. By sending crafted requests with arbitrary usernames or email values, the endpoint returns full profile objects for unrelated users. This leads to broad profile-level information disclosure.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Red Hat Build of Keycloak arises from insufficient granularity in access control on the Account Resources user lookup endpoint. It allows a remote authenticated user with at least one UMA resource to query the endpoint with arbitrary usernames or email addresses and receive full profile objects of unrelated users. This leads to unauthorized disclosure of personally identifiable information across the realm. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.3 (medium severity), reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, required privileges, no user interaction, and limited confidentiality impact. No official fix or patch information is provided in the vendor advisory, and the product is not a cloud service.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to confidentiality, specifically unauthorized disclosure of personally identifiable information of all realm users. Integrity and availability are not affected. The vulnerability requires the attacker to be an authenticated user with at least one UMA resource, which limits the attack surface. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the Red Hat advisory at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-37981 for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, restrict UMA resource ownership to trusted users and monitor for unusual access patterns involving the Account Resources user lookup endpoint. No vendor advisory content indicates that the issue is already mitigated or that no action is required.
CVE-2026-37981: Insufficient Granularity of Access Control in Red Hat Red Hat Build of Keycloak
Description
A flaw was found in Keycloak. A broken access control vulnerability in the Account Resources user lookup endpoint allows a remote authenticated user, who owns at least one User-Managed Access (UMA) resource, to enumerate and harvest personally identifiable information (PII) for all realm users. By sending crafted requests with arbitrary usernames or email values, the endpoint returns full profile objects for unrelated users. This leads to broad profile-level information disclosure.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Red Hat Build of Keycloak arises from insufficient granularity in access control on the Account Resources user lookup endpoint. It allows a remote authenticated user with at least one UMA resource to query the endpoint with arbitrary usernames or email addresses and receive full profile objects of unrelated users. This leads to unauthorized disclosure of personally identifiable information across the realm. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.3 (medium severity), reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, required privileges, no user interaction, and limited confidentiality impact. No official fix or patch information is provided in the vendor advisory, and the product is not a cloud service.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to confidentiality, specifically unauthorized disclosure of personally identifiable information of all realm users. Integrity and availability are not affected. The vulnerability requires the attacker to be an authenticated user with at least one UMA resource, which limits the attack surface. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the Red Hat advisory at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-37981 for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, restrict UMA resource ownership to trusted users and monitor for unusual access patterns involving the Account Resources user lookup endpoint. No vendor advisory content indicates that the issue is already mitigated or that no action is required.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-06T07:48:39.722Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-37981","vendor":"Red Hat"}]
Threat ID: 6a0c47d9ec166c07b097b822
Added to database: 5/19/2026, 11:22:01 AM
Last enriched: 5/19/2026, 11:37:20 AM
Last updated: 5/19/2026, 12:25:45 PM
Views: 2
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