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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.5 Medium

CVE-2026-18203

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

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

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

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Build of Keycloak

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Build of Keycloak

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Data Grid 8

Default version status: unaffected

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: unaffected

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