CVE-2026-9796CWE-367

CVE-2026-9796

Medium · published May 28, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A flaw was found in Keycloak. An authenticated administrator with the `manage-clients` role can exploit a Time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the name-based admin role checks. This allows the attacker to escalate their privileges to `realm-admin` for all users within the realm, granting them extensive control over the system. The composite role relationship persists even after the attacker's own permissions are revoked and across system reboots.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00379 · 30.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Published
2026-05-28T09:16Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
redhat/build_of_keycloakall versions—
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 MAY 04:27Z
    Keycloak: keycloak: privilege escalation via time-of-check to time-of-use (toctou) vulnerability
    cvelistv5