A flaw was found in Keycloak. A remote attacker with high privileges, such as a realm administrator configuring a malicious Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server or an attacker compromising an upstream LDAP server, could exploit this vulnerability. By sending a malformed LDAP password policy response during a password authentication request, the attacker can trigger an OutOfMemoryError. This causes the Keycloak Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to terminate, leading to a denial of service (DoS) for all realms on the affected node.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9801 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482473 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 4.9 · redhatNVD modified 2026-10-26 12:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:build_of_keycloak:-:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
References 6
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25097
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25098
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30049
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30050
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9801 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482473 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory