A flaw was found in the user update mechanism of the Keycloak Admin REST API. When Fine-Grained Admin Permissions are enabled, the system fails to check for specific password reset authorizations during a general user profile update. This allows a delegated administrator, who should be restricted from resetting passwords, to change a user's credentials and take over their account.
CVE-2026-97177
MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.66.6—Trending — 4 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
Score 6.6 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-24. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.6; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
6.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.6Exploit: None knownExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.6
- EG Score
- 6.6(high)
- EG Risk
- 30(Track)EG Risk 30/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity66% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 13%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 24, 2026
Last Modified
September 24, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Sep 24, 2026Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat
2539965 – (CVE-2026-97177) CVE-2026-97177 keycloak-services: keycloak-services: Generic user update bypasses denied reset-password permission
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539965redhat Patch Available
CVE-2026-97177 - Red Hat Customer Portal
Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or OpenShift Container Platform 4, is affected by this vulnerability and a fix may be released to a
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97177Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-97177(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 10× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-09-24 21:01 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-24 21:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-24 13:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-24 13:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-24 13:14 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-24 13:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-24 06:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-24 05:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-24 05:55 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2026-97177?
CVE-2026-97177 is a medium vulnerability published on September 24, 2026. A flaw was found in the user update mechanism of the Keycloak Admin REST API. When Fine-Grained Admin Permissions are enabled, the system fails to check for specific password reset authorizations during a general user profile update. This allows a delegated administrator, who should be restricted…
When was CVE-2026-97177 disclosed?
CVE-2026-97177 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-97177 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-97177 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 86.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-97177?
CVE-2026-97177 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-97177?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-97177, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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