CVE-2026-4634
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.009 · 58 %ileDEEUJPRUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
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.
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affected products (26)
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advisories (4)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-0977Keycloak: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-04-06csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Keycloak ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um Daten zu manipulieren, und um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
- GHSA-h4wv-g838-66g3Keycloak: Application-Level DoS via Scope Processing2026-04-02ghsa · osvUS
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.
- BIT-keycloak-2026-4634Keycloak: keycloak: denial of service via excessive processing of openid connect scope parameters2026-08-25vendor · osvUS
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.
- JVNDB-2026-026852JVN iPedia advisory JVNDB-2026-0268522026-08-05vendor · jvndbJP
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references (20)
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6475cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6476cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6477cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6478cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4634cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2450250cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Keycloak-overload-via-POST-Request-Scope-Parameter-50336cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6475enisa_euvd
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