CVE-2026-9801

Public on 2026-05-28
Modified on 2026-05-28
Description
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.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.9
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core keycloak-httpd-client-install Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H