Keycloak: keycloak: denial of service due to excessive samlrequest decompression
A flaw was found in Keycloak. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger an application level Denial of Service (DoS) by sending a highly compressed SAMLRequest through the SAML Redirect Binding. The server fails to enforce size limits during DEFLATE decompression, leading to an OutOfMemoryError (OOM) and subsequent process termination. This vulnerability allows an attacker to disrupt the availability of the service.
Evidence and details
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-2575
Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
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Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/2/product
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Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.10
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/3/product
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Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.13
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/4/product
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Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 7
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/5/product
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Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 8
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/6/product
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Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 9
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/7/product
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RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/8/product
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- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-2575
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Publisher severity
medium
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics