CVE-2024-11734
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.009 · 61 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A denial of service vulnerability was found in Keycloak that could allow an administrative user with the right to change realm settings to disrupt the service. This action is done by modifying any of the security headers and inserting newlines, which causes the Keycloak server to write to a request that has already been terminated, leading to the failure of said request.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (10)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platformall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:container_platform
- Maven org.keycloak:keycloak-quarkus-server< 26.0.8osvUSpkg:maven/org.keycloak/keycloak-quarkus-server
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-0056Keycloak: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-01-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Keycloak ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen oder um vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen.
- GHSA-w3g8-r9gw-qrh8Denial of Service in Keycloak Server via Security Headers2025-01-13ghsa · osvUS
A potential Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability has been identified in Keycloak, which could allow an administrative user with the rights to change realm settings to disrupt the service. This is done by modifying any of the security headers and inserting newlines, which causes the Keycloak server to write to a request that is already terminated, leading to a failure of said request. Service disruption may happen, users will be unable to access applications relying on Keycloak, or any of the consoles provided by Keycloak itself on the affected realm.
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references (12)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-11734cnnvd
- https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/releases/tag/26.0.8Patchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11734cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Keycloak-denial-of-service-via-Security-Headers-46052cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0299enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0300enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11734enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2328846enisa_euvd
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