CVE-2026-4634

Keycloak: keycloak: denial of service via excessive processing of openid connect scope parameters

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 2, 2026 at 12:44 PM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A flaw was found in Keycloak. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted POST request with an excessively long scope parameter to the OpenID Connect (OIDC) token endpoint. This leads to high resource consumption and prolonged processing times, ultimately resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the Keycloak server.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Vendor states this is fixed in 26.2-18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 26.2.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 26.2.15-1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 26.4-14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 26.4.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 26.4.11-1 (unaffected)
All versions7
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:18.0.20-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:18.0.20-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:18.0.20-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso (unaffected)

References (12)

VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4634
Issue Trackingx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2450250
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6477
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6478
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6475
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6476
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:76132

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-1050

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