CVE-2025-14778

Keycloak: incorrect ownership checks in /uma-policy/

Published Feb 9, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in Keycloak. A significant Broken Access Control vulnerability exists in the UserManagedPermissionService (UMA Protection API). When updating or deleting a UMA policy associated with multiple resources, the authorization check only verifies the caller's ownership against the first resource in the policy's list. This allows a user (Owner A) who owns one resource (RA) to update a shared policy and modify authorization rules for other resources (e.g., RB) in that same policy, even if those other resources are owned by a different user (Owner B). This constitutes a horizontal privilege escalation.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-fm6w-rrp3-2x4w Keycloak Affected by Broken Access Control Vulnerability in the UserManagedPermissionService
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat build Of Keycloak
Vendors & Products Redhat build Of Keycloak
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak: cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.2::el9
References
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description A flaw was found in Keycloak. A significant Broken Access Control vulnerability exists in the UserManagedPermissionService (UMA Protection API). When updating or deleting a UMA policy associated with multiple resources, the authorization check only verifies the caller's ownership against the first resource in the policy's list. This allows a user (Owner A) who owns one resource (RA) to update a shared policy and modify authorization rules for other resources (e.g., RB) in that same policy, even if those other resources are owned by a different user (Owner B). This constitutes a horizontal privilege escalation.
Title Keycloak: incorrect ownership checks in /uma-policy/
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat build Keycloak
Weaknesses CWE-266
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat build Keycloak
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Feb 10, 2026, 1:04 AM
Reserved
Dec 16, 2025, 5:02 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Feb 9, 2026, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:36 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 9, 2026, 6:24 PM