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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-18203 EUVD-2026-51484GHSA-wx5m-whr8-48h5

Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: group policy extendchildren matches sibling group path prefixes

Published Jul 31, 2026 · Updated Nov 6, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

A flaw was found in the group policy evaluation logic of Keycloak, an identity and access management solution. When a group policy is set to extend permissions to child groups, the system incorrectly uses a simple text-based prefix check to verify group membership. This allows a user who belongs to a different group with a similar starting name to bypass security checks and gain unauthorized access to administrative functions or protected resources.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6 — —
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Data Grid 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack — —
Red Hat Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 — —

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