CVE-2026-9099 HIGH

CVE-2026-9099: Keycloak: group-admin escalation to realm-admin

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.13
Weakness CWE-639 · IDOR
Published June 25, 2026
Last update June 30, 2026

CVSS base score

7.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in Keycloak. A missing authorization check in the GroupResource.addChild() endpoint within the Admin REST API allows an authenticated user with limited administrative privileges to reparent any existing group. When Fine-Grained Admin Permissions v2 (FGAPv2) is enabled, an attacker with management rights over a single low-privilege group can reparent a highly privileged group (such as one possessing the realm-admin role) under their managed group. Because group permissions follow a hierarchical structure, this action unauthorizedly grants the attacker management and password-reset capabilities over the members of the targeted privileged group. An attacker can exploit this to reset an administrator's password, compromise the account, and achieve a full realm takeover, leading to a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 25, 2026 CVE published
June 30, 2026 Record updated