CVE-2026-15572 (GCVE-0-2026-15572)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-05 15:09 – Updated: 2026-08-05 16:21
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Title
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: dcr protocol mapper type-swap policy bypass allows privilege escalation
Summary
A flaw was found in Keycloak's Dynamic Client Registration (DCR) security policy management. The "Allowed Protocol Mapper Types" policy, which restricts which types of data mappers a client can use, fails to re-validate the mapper type during a client update if the mapper's configuration remains unchanged. An attacker with client registration privileges can exploit this by first registering an allowed mapper type with a malicious configuration and then swapping it for a restricted, high-privilege mapper type (such as one that hardcodes administrative roles). This allows the attacker to gain full administrative access to the Keycloak realm.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-843 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50846 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50847 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50848 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50849 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15572 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2499592 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 Unaffected: 26.4-22 , < * (rpm)
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Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 Unaffected: 26.4.14-1 , < * (rpm)
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Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.14     cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 Unaffected: 26.6-11 , < * (rpm)
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Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 Unaffected: 26.6.5-1 , < * (rpm)
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Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.5     cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9
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Date Public
2026-08-05 02:02
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Arthur Chan (Ada Logics) for reporting this issue.
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