High severity · published Aug 5, 2026
CVE-2026-15572
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: dcr protocol mapper type-swap policy bypass allows privilege escalation
8.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in Keycloak's Dynamic Client Registration (DCR) security policy management. The "Allowed Protocol Mapper Types" policy, which restricts which types of data mappers a client can use, fails to re-validate the mapper type during a client update if the mapper's configuration remains unchanged. An attacker with client registration privileges can exploit this by first registering an allowed mapper type with a malicious configuration and then swapping it for a restricted, high-privilege mapper type (such as one that hardcodes administrative roles). This allows the attacker to gain full administrative access to the Keycloak realm.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
BO
Build OF Keycloak · Redhat
26.4 before 26.4.14; 26.6 before 26.6.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15572
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15572
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50846
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50847
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50848
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50849
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15572
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2499592
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