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THREAT OPSThreat 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

lownvdPublished 2026-05-28

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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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9796