THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-9796 (MEDIUM 6.5) — A flaw was found in Keycloak. An authenticated administrator with the `manage-clients` role can exploit a Time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the name-based admin role checks. This allows the attacker to escalate their privileges to `realm-admin` for all users
[NVD] CVE-2026-9796 (MEDIUM 6.5) — A flaw was found in Keycloak. An authenticated administrator with the `manage-clients` role can exploit a Time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the name-based admin role checks. This allows the attacker to escalate their privileges to `realm-admin` for all users
CVE-2026-9796 CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM Published: 2026-05-28T05:16:41.153
A flaw was found in Keycloak. An authenticated administrator with the `manage-clients` role can exploit a Time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the name-based admin role checks. This allows the attacker to escalate their privileges to `realm-admin` for all users within the realm, granting them extensive control ove
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- CVE-2026-9796cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9796