Keycloak Admin API Allows Identity Provider Linking Without Org Admin Privileges
CVE-2026-18201 Published on July 29, 2026

Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: generic identity-provider creation can bind brokers to organizations without manage-organizations
Keycloak provides a way to manage identity providers and organizations through its administrative API. A flaw was discovered where an administrator with permission to manage identity providers could link a new provider to an organization without having the required permissions to manage that organization. This could allow an unauthorized administrator to influence how users log into specific organizations.

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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-18201 can be exploited with network access, and requires 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 small impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.

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

Timeline

Reported to Red Hat.

Made public.

Weakness Type

What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?

The software does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

CVE-2026-18201 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-18201

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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 26.6: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7: Red Hat Data Grid 8: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.38%
Percentile
29.72%

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