Medium severity · published Jul 17, 2026
CVE-2026-16072
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: organization invitation link exposure allows unauthorized member creation
4.9
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in the organization management component of Keycloak. A delegated administrator with permission to manage organizations can create an invitation for a non-existent email address and then retrieve the secret registration link directly through the application programming interface. By using this link, the administrator can create new user accounts and add them to the organization without having the required user management permissions or access to the invited email account. This allows an administrator to bypass security boundaries and add unauthorized members to an organization.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% 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 26.6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
BO
Build OF Keycloak · Redhat
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16072
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16072
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68277
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68278
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16072
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2501721
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