CVE-2025-7784 Org.keycloak/keycloak-services: privilege escalation in keycloak admin console (fgapv2 enabled)
Administrative users with manage-users role can escalate to realm-admin in Keycloak when Fine-Grained Admin Permissions are enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-7784?
CVE-2025-7784 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Build of Keycloak, published on 18 Jul 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in the Keycloak identity and access management system when Fine-Grained Admin Permissions(FGAPv2) are enabled. An administrative user with the manage-users role can escalate their privileges to realm-admin due to improper privilege enforcement. This vulnerability allows unauthorized elevation of access rights, compromising the intended separation of administrative duties and posing a security risk to the realm.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7784?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.keycloak:keycloak-services. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.keycloak:keycloak-services Maven | From 26.2.0 | 26.2.6 |
org.keycloak:keycloak-services Maven | From 26.2.0 | 26.2.6 |
Products include Redhat Build of Keycloak.
How do I fix CVE-2025-7784?
Upgrade org.keycloak:keycloak-services to 26.2.6 or later.
Is CVE-2025-7784 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7784 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Build of Keycloak
- CVE-2026-15572 Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: dcr protocol mapper type-swap policy bypass allows privilege escalation
- CVE-2026-3047 Keycloak SAML Broken has Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness
- CVE-2026-15573 Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: authorization bypass via unnormalized uri matching in pathmatcher
- CVE-2026-16102 Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: default dcr policy allows role forgery via user property mappers
- CVE-2026-1609 Org.keycloak/keycloak-quarkus-server: keycloak: unauthorized access via jwt authorization grant with disabled users
Sources
Also known as GHSA-27gp-8389-hm4w, MINI-7rq9-2q68-x4j8.