Keycloak PathMatcher URINormalization Auth Bypass
CVE-2026-15573 Published on August 5, 2026

Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: authorization bypass via unnormalized uri matching in pathmatcher
A flaw was found in Keycloak's Authorization Services. The component responsible for matching request paths to security policies (PathMatcher) does not properly normalize URIs before comparison. By adding extra characters like a trailing slash or matrix parameters to a URL, an attacker can trick the system into applying a less restrictive security policy than intended. This allows an authenticated user to access administrative or restricted areas they should not have permission to see.

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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-15573 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
NONE

Timeline

Reported to Red Hat.

Made public. 30 days later.

Weakness Type

Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity

The software does not properly account for differences in case sensitivity when accessing or determining the properties of a resource, leading to inconsistent results.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-15573

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Red Hat Build Keycloak
 
Red Hat Jboss Data Grid
 
Red Hat Jbosseapxp
 
Red Hat Single Sign On
 

Affected Versions

Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.14: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.14: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.5: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.5: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.5: Red Hat Data Grid 8: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7: