User-profile tampering via writable administrator-view attributes
Published Feb 27, 2026 · Updated Feb 27, 2026
Improper access control in Keycloak allows remote authenticated users with manage-users permission to alter user profile attributes. DefaultAttributes.getWritable() retained unmanaged attributes because its filtering logic did not treat the ADMIN_VIEW policy as read-only before Admin API updates. Exploitation requires a realm configured so administrators can only view unmanaged attributes and an account permitted to edit users; the consequence is unauthorized modification of stored profile data.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in Keycloak allows remote authenticated users with manage-users permission to alter user profile attributes. DefaultAttributes.getWritable() retained unmanaged attributes because its filtering logic did not treat the ADMIN_VIEW policy as read-only before Admin API updates. Exploitation requires a realm configured so administrators can only view unmanaged attributes and an account permitted to edit users; the consequence is unauthorized modification of stored profile data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-0871
- Published
- Feb 27, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 27, 2026
- Vendor
- 389 Directory Server
- Product
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Classifications
- CWE-266, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Feb 27, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Red Hat kcadm administrative update reproductionproof of concept · demonstrated
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