CVE-2026-18573

mediumpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.005 · 41 %ileDEEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.48% (41st) EPSS
CVSS 6.5 · medium
Is it mine?
3 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A flaw was found in the keycloak-services component of Keycloak, which is used for managing authentication and authorization flows. The issue occurs when a realm administrator configures client policies to enforce specific authentication requirements on confidential clients. Due to improper evaluation of the client state during an update operation, an attacker with client management permissions can bypass these security policies by first creating a public client and then updating it to a confidential client with weaker authentication. This can result in the persistence of clients that do not comply with the intended security hardening of the realm.

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cvss

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6.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6
v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-862US
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affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2026-2614Keycloak: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-08-02csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Keycloak ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren und sensible Informationen offenzulegen.

  • BIT-keycloak-2026-18573Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: client access-type policy condition bypass during client update2026-08-31vendor · osvUS

    A flaw was found in the keycloak-services component of Keycloak, which is used for managing authentication and authorization flows. The issue occurs when a realm administrator configures client policies to enforce specific authentication requirements on confidential clients. Due to improper evaluation of the client state during an update operation, an attacker with client management permissions can bypass these security policies by first creating a public client and then updating it to a confidential client with weaker authentication. This can result in the persistence of clients that do not comply with the intended security hardening of the realm.

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also known as (3)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdcert_bundnvdosvNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-08-02modified 2026-09-16
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references (8)

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