CVE-2026-16072 Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: organization invitation link exposure allows unauthorized member creation
Delegated administrators can bypass user management restrictions to create unauthorized accounts and add them to organizations via exposed invitation links.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-16072?
CVE-2026-16072 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Redhat Build of Keycloak, published on 17 Jul 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in the organization management component of Keycloak. A delegated administrator with permission to manage organizations can create an invitation for a non-existent email address and then retrieve the secret registration link directly through the application programming interface. By using this link, the administrator can create new user accounts and add them to the organization without having the required user management permissions or access to the invited email account. This allows an administrator to bypass security boundaries and add unauthorized members to an organization.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-16072?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including keycloak. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
keycloak Bitnami | All versions | 26.7.3 |
Products include Redhat Build of Keycloak.
How do I fix CVE-2026-16072?
Upgrade keycloak to 26.7.3 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-16072 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16072 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 BIT-keycloak-2026-16072, CLEANSTART-2026-EF95480, GHSA-mp76-m6c2-jqh5.