CVE-2026-114232

Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: uma protection api resourcetype field not validated — cross-owner resource access

Published Nov 5, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in the UserManagedPermissionService of the Keycloak authorization server. The UMA Protection API, which manages user permissions, fails to validate the resourceType field when a user creates a new policy. This allows an attacker to create a policy that applies to resources owned by other users, potentially leading to unauthorized access or modification of sensitive data across the entire realm.

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. --- CME Mitigation Guidance (2026-11-06) --- Disclaimer: The following mitigation solutions are provided as a courtesy, pending the application of an official patch. This content was generated utilizing AI tools in conjunction with data from https://cmetaxonomy.org. Customers are advised to independently evaluate and test these temporary mitigations within their own infrastructure. The highest-value action is to enforce ownership validation on the resourceType field within UserManagedPermissionService to prevent UMA policies from attaching to resources owned by other users: upgrade to Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.17, 26.6.8 (or the fixed Rhbk/Keycloak Rhel/Keycloak Services builds), which validates the resourceType field during policy creation in UserManagedPermissionService to prevent policies from matching resources across different owners during evaluation in DefaultPolicyEvaluator, closing crafted UMA policy creation specifying an arbitrary victim resourceType. Until patched, this is a concern on Keycloak deployments exposing the UMA Protection API where authenticated realm users have permission to create and manage resources, so Restrict authenticated users from creating and managing resources, limit exposure of sensitive resourceType identifiers, and monitor policy definitions created via the UMA Protection API. As a compensating measure, Capture audit records when authenticated users create or modify authorization policies via the UMA Protection API to detect unauthorized cross-owner policy creation. These controls limit blast radius and contain exploitation, but they do not fix the underlying missing authorization defect — apply the upstream patch to fully remediate. Highest-impact CME: CME-1006 Privilege Change Audit Logging (medium)

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Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak: cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.4::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Red Hat
Red Hat red Hat Build Of Keycloak 26.4
Redhat build Of Keycloak
Redhat single Sign-on
Vendors & Products Red Hat
Red Hat red Hat Build Of Keycloak 26.4
Redhat build Of Keycloak
Redhat single Sign-on
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in the UserManagedPermissionService of the Keycloak authorization server. The UMA Protection API, which manages user permissions, fails to validate the resourceType field when a user creates a new policy. This allows an attacker to create a policy that applies to resources owned by other users, potentially leading to unauthorized access or modification of sensitive data across the entire realm.
Title Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: uma protection api resourcetype field not validated — cross-owner resource access
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat build Keycloak
Redhat red Hat Single Sign On
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:
cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat build Keycloak
Redhat red Hat Single Sign On
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Nov 6, 2026, 7:55 PM
Reserved
Oct 21, 2026, 6:12 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Nov 5, 2026, 5:17 PM
Modified
Nov 6, 2026, 6:17 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Nov 5, 2026, 12:00 AM