{"id":"CVE-2026-97177","title":"A flaw was found in the user update mechanism of the Keycloak Admin REST API","summary":"A flaw was found in the user update mechanism of the Keycloak Admin REST API. When Fine-Grained Admin Permissions are enabled, the system fails to check for specific password reset authorizations during a general user profile update. Thi…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.6,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-862"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"keycloak-services","affected":["keycloak-services (all versions)","rhbk/keycloak-rhel9 (all versions)","keycloak-services"],"published":"2026-09-24","updated":"2026-09-24","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-24T21:00:46.893","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97177","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97177","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539965","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97177.json"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97177"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97177"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"epss":0.00237,"epssPercentile":0.13059,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-24T12:57:34.967035Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-24T06:39:26.617Z","slug":"CVE-2026-97177","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in the user update mechanism of the Keycloak Admin REST API. When Fine-Grained Admin Permissions are enabled, the system fails to check for specific password reset authorizations during a general user profile update. This allows a delegated administrator, who should be restricted from resetting passwords, to change a user's credentials and take over their account.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Build of Keycloak · no fix planned: Red Hat Build of Keycloak · updated 2026-09-24 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97177.json)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":36.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}