Privilege escalation in Red Hat Build Of Keycloak 26.2

CVE-2025-14778

A flaw was found in Keycloak. A significant Broken Access Control vulnerability exists in the UserManagedPermissionService (UMA Protection API). When updating or deleting a UMA policy associated with multiple resources, the authorization check only verifies the caller's ownership against the first resource in the policy's list. This allows a user (Owner A) who owns one resource (RA) to update a shared policy and modify authorization rules for other resources (e.g., RB) in that same policy, even if those other resources are owned by a different user (Owner B). This constitutes a horizontal privilege escalation.

EPSS: 0.003 (20.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-14778?
CVE-2025-14778 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Build Of Keycloak 26.2, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-02-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-14778?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.