Description
A flaw was found in Keycloak's Authorization Services. The component responsible for matching request paths to security policies (PathMatcher) does not properly normalize URIs before comparison. By adding extra characters like a trailing slash or matrix parameters to a URL, an attacker can trick the system into applying a less restrictive security policy than intended. This allows an authenticated user to access administrative or restricted areas they should not have permission to see.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4
Default version status: affected
26.4.14-1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4
Default version status: affected
26.4-22 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4
Default version status: affected
26.4-22 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.14
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.14
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6
Default version status: affected
26.6.5-1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6
Default version status: affected
26.6-11 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6
Default version status: affected
26.6-11 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.5
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.5
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.6.5
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Data Grid 8
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
Default version status: affected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50846 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50847 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50848 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50849 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15573 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2499593 ↗