{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2026-02-24T11:11:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "keycloak: org.keycloak/keycloak-services: Keycloak: Privilege escalation via manage-clients permission",
    "id" : "2442277",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2442277"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "6.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-266",
  "details" : [ "A flaw was found in Keycloak. An administrator with `manage-clients` permission can exploit a misconfiguration where this permission is equivalent to `manage-permissions`. This allows the administrator to escalate privileges and gain control over roles, users, or other administrative functions within the realm. This privilege escalation can occur when admin permissions are enabled at the realm level.", "A flaw was found in Keycloak. An administrator with `manage-clients` permission can exploit a misconfiguration where this permission is equivalent to `manage-permissions`. This allows the administrator to escalate privileges and gain control over roles, users, or other administrative functions within the realm. This privilege escalation can occur when admin permissions are enabled at the realm level." ],
  "statement" : "This issue was rated MODERATE. A privilege escalation flaw exists in Keycloak where an administrator with `manage-clients` permission can escalate privileges if \"Admin Permissions\" are enabled at the realm level.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4",
    "release_date" : "2026-04-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:6478",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9",
    "package" : "rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle:26.4.11-1"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4",
    "release_date" : "2026-04-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:6478",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9",
    "package" : "rhbk/keycloak-rhel9:26.4-14"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4",
    "release_date" : "2026-04-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:6478",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9",
    "package" : "rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator:26.4-14"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.11",
    "release_date" : "2026-04-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:6477",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9",
    "package" : "rhbk/keycloak-rhel9"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "keycloak-services",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "keycloak-services",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:jbosseapxp"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Single Sign-On 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "keycloak-services",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3121\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3121" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-3121",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}