A flaw was found in Keycloak. A limited administrator can exploit an improper access control vulnerability in the POST /admin/realms/{realm}/partialImport endpoint. This allows them to bypass Fine-Grained Admin Permissions (FGAP) and escalate their privileges to a full realm administrator by importing users with realm-admin role mappings.

Rejected reason: The reported behavior does not constitute a privilege escalation. Exploitation requires the attacker to already possess the manage-realm administrative role within the realm-management client. By design, the manage-realm role is intended to be equivalent in administrative authority to realm-admin. A user with manage-realm already has full administrative control over the realm. Therefore, importing users with realm-admin role mappings through POST /admin/realms/{realm}/partialImport does not grant any additional privileges beyond those already held by the administrator and does not represent a security vulnerability.

A flaw was found in Keycloak. A limited administrator can exploit an improper access control vulnerability in the POST /admin/realms/{realm}/partialImport endpoint. This allows them to bypass Fine-Grained Admin Permissions (FGAP) and escalate their privileges to a full realm administrator by importing users with realm-admin role mappings.