---
id: CVE-2026-18201
title: >-
  Keycloak provides a way to manage identity providers and organizations through
  its administrative API
summary: >-
  Keycloak provides a way to manage identity providers and organizations through
  its administrative API. A flaw was discovered where an administrator with
  permission to manage identity providers could link a new provider to an
  organization…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-862
vendor: redhat
product: build_of_keycloak
affected:
  - build_of_keycloak
patched:
  - build_of_keycloak 26.6.7
published: '2026-07-29'
updated: '2026-09-16'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-16T19:17:08.577'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18201'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68277'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68278'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18201'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2508290'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-18201.json
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18201'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18201'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
epss: 0.00273
epssPercentile: 0.1995
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-07-29T13:51:34.355070Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-08-08T13:22:52.361Z'
---

## Overview

Keycloak provides a way to manage identity providers and organizations through its administrative API. A flaw was discovered where an administrator with permission to manage identity providers could link a new provider to an organization without having the required permissions to manage that organization. This could allow an unauthorized administrator to influence how users log into specific organizations.

## Affected

- `build_of_keycloak`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **RHSA-2026:68278** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.7 · released 2026-09-16 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68278)
- **RHSA-2026:68277** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 · released 2026-09-16 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68277)