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Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Jul 31, 2026 07:08:29 UTC

CVE-2026-18206

A flaw was found in the keycloak-services component of Keycloak, which provides identity and access management services. The issue occurs when a realm administrator uses a wildcard domain (like *.example.com) to restrict which hosts can register or update clients. Due to improper validation, the system accepts any hostname that ends with the specified domain suffix, even if it is not a legitimate subdomain. An attacker who can control the reverse DNS of their connection can bypass these host-based restrictions, potentially allowing unauthorized client modifications.

Base score3.7/ 10
SeverityLowCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes
Base severityLow
Attack vectorNetworkAV
Attack complexityHighAC
Privileges requiredNonePR
User interactionNoneUI
ScopeUnchangedS
Confidentiality impactNoneC
Integrity impactLowI
Availability impactNoneA
CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Record context

CVE Numbering Authorityredhat
Last updatedNov 7, 2026 11:52:12 UTC
PublishedJul 31, 2026 07:08:29 UTC
ReservedJul 29, 2026 07:56:25 UTC

Credits

  • Red Hat would like to thank Paul Bottinelli (Trail of Bits in collaboration with OpenAI) for reporting this issue.