Keycloak: keycloak tls client-initiated renegotiation denial of service
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
A flaw was found in Keycloak. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) by repeatedly initiating TLS 1.2 client-initiated renegotiation requests to exhaust server CPU resources, making the service unavailable.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | keycloak | before 26.0.16; 26.2.0 to before 26.2.10; 26.4.0 to before 26.4.1 | 26.0.16, 26.2.10, 26.4.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.0 | — | 26.0.16-2 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.0 | — | 26.0-20 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.0 | — | 26.0-21 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.0.16 | — | — | Not affected | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.2 | — | 26.2.10-2 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.2 | — | 26.2-11 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.2 | — | 26.2-11 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.2.10 | — | — | Not affected | CNA |
| — | org.keycloak:keycloak-quarkus-dist (Maven) | before 26.0.16 | 26.0.16 | Patch available | GHSA-q8hq-4h99-fj7x |
| — | org.keycloak:keycloak-quarkus-dist (Maven) | 26.1.0 to before 26.2.10 | 26.2.10 | Patch available | GHSA-q8hq-4h99-fj7x |
| — | org.keycloak:keycloak-quarkus-dist (Maven) | 26.3.0 to before 26.4.1 | 26.4.1 | Patch available | GHSA-q8hq-4h99-fj7x |
- keycloak Vendor— Affected before 26.0.16; 26.2.0 to before 26.2.10; 26.4.0 to before 26.4.1 Fixed in 26.0.16, 26.2.10, 26.4.1 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.0 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 26.0.16-2 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.0 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 26.0-20 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.0 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 26.0-21 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.0.16 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
- Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.2 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 26.2.10-2 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.2 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 26.2-11 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.2 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 26.2-11 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.2.10 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
- org.keycloak:keycloak-quarkus-dist (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 26.0.16 Fixed in 26.0.16 Patch available GHSA-q8hq-4h99-fj7x
- org.keycloak:keycloak-quarkus-dist (Maven) Vendor— Affected 26.1.0 to before 26.2.10 Fixed in 26.2.10 Patch available GHSA-q8hq-4h99-fj7x
- org.keycloak:keycloak-quarkus-dist (Maven) Vendor— Affected 26.3.0 to before 26.4.1 Fixed in 26.4.1 Patch available GHSA-q8hq-4h99-fj7x
Remediation
- Fix · CNA keycloak Fixed in 26.0.16, 26.2.10, 26.4.1
- Fix · GHSA-q8hq-4h99-fj7x org.keycloak:keycloak-quarkus-dist (Maven) Fixed in 26.0.16 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-q8hq-4h99-fj7x org.keycloak:keycloak-quarkus-dist (Maven) Fixed in 26.2.10 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-q8hq-4h99-fj7x org.keycloak:keycloak-quarkus-dist (Maven) Fixed in 26.4.1 Advisory →
Red Hat 4 advisories
- RHSA-2025:18890 Released 2025-10-21 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat build of Keycloak 26.2.10 Security Update
- Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.2.10
- RHSA-2025:18889 Released 2025-10-21 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat build of Keycloak 26.2.10 Images Security Update
- Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.2 rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator
- RHSA-2025:18255 Released 2025-10-16 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat build of Keycloak 26.0.16 Update
- Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.0 rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2025:18254 Released 2025-10-16 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat build of Keycloak 26.0.16 Images Update
- Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.0.16
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:18255 |
| Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.0.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:18254 |
| Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:18889 |
| Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.2.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:18890 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-11419
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q8hq-4h99-fj7x
References
Advisory 5
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Sources
- CVE-2025-11419 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-11419 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q8hq-4h99-fj7x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-11419 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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