CVE-2026-0871
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Description
A flaw was found in Keycloak. An administrator with manage-users permission can bypass the "Only administrators can view" setting for unmanaged attributes, allowing them to modify these attributes. This improper access control can lead to unauthorized changes to user profiles, even when the system is configured to restrict such modifications.
Statement
This vulnerability is rated Moderate for Red Hat. An administrator with manage-users permission can modify unmanaged user attributes in Keycloak, even when the "Only administrators can view" setting is enabled. This bypass requires the realm to be configured with unmanaged attributes set to "Only administrators can view" and the administrator to possess manage-users permission.
Mitigation
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.
Additional Information
- This content is not included.Bugzilla 2428881: org.keycloak/keycloak-services: Keycloak: Unauthorized modification of unmanaged user attributes by administrators
- Content from cwe.mitre.org is not included.CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
- FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2026-0871
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.
External References
Content from www.cve.org is not included.https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0871
Content from nvd.nist.gov is not included.https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0871
Affected Packages and Issued Red Hat Security Errata
| Products / Services | Components | State | Errata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 | keycloak-services | Fix deferred | |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | keycloak-services | Fix deferred | |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | keycloak-services | Fix deferred | |
| Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 | rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle | Fixed | RHSA-2026:2366 |
| Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 | rhbk/keycloak-rhel9 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:2366 |
| Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 | rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator | Fixed | RHSA-2026:2366 |
| Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.9 | rhbk/keycloak-rhel9 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:2365 |
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
Important note
CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authorities (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications ).
| CVSS v3 Score Breakdown | Red Hat | NVD |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS v3 Base Score | 4.9 | |
| Attack Vector | Network | |
| Attack Complexity | Low | |
| Privileges Required | High | |
| User Interaction | None | |
| Scope | Unchanged | |
| Confidentiality Impact | None | |
| Integrity Impact | High | |
| Availability Impact | None |
CVSS v3 Vector
Red Hat CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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