CVE-2026-16072

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.94.9—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 4.9 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-17. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
4.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 4.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A flaw was found in the organization management component of Keycloak. A delegated administrator with permission to manage organizations can create an invitation for a non-existent email address and then retrieve the secret registration link directly through the application programming interface. By using this link, the administrator can create new user accounts and add them to the organization without having the required user management permissions or access to the invited email account. This allows an administrator to bypass security boundaries and add unauthorized members to an organization.

CVSS v3
4.9
EG Score
4.9(high)
EG Risk
22(Track)
EG Risk 22/100SSVC: 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 computed
Severity49% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
13%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 17, 2026

Last Modified

July 21, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 17, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2501721 – (CVE-2026-16072) CVE-2026-16072 keycloak-services: keycloak-services: Organization invitation link exposure allows unauthorized member creation

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2501721
redhat Patch Available

cve-details

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16072

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16072(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 16× in last 7d / 33× 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.

  1. 2026-07-30 09:05 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-30 09:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-29 09:39 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-29 09:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-28 10:12 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-28 10:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-27 10:45 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-27 10:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-26 11:19 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-26 11:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-23 03:05 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-07-23 00:16 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-23 00:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-19 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
Show 8 more
  1. 2026-07-17 20:07 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-17 20:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-17 18:37 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-17 18:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-17 16:02 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-17 16:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-17 14:10 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-17 14:09 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16072?
CVE-2026-16072 is a medium vulnerability published on July 17, 2026. A flaw was found in the organization management component of Keycloak. A delegated administrator with permission to manage organizations can create an invitation for a non-existent email address and then retrieve the secret registration link directly through the application programming interface.…
When was CVE-2026-16072 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16072 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 17, 2026, with the most recent update on July 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16072 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16072 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 86.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16072?
CVE-2026-16072 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16072?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16072, 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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