Keycloak-services: sensitive headers shown in the http access logs
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
A flaw was found in Keycloak. When the logging format is configured to a verbose, user-supplied pattern (such as the pre-defined 'long' pattern), sensitive headers including Authorization and Cookie are disclosed to the logs in cleartext. An attacker with read access to the log files can extract these credentials (e.g., bearer tokens, session cookies) and use them to impersonate users, leading to a full account compromise.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-gv3v-2cpp-3pmq org.keycloak:keycloak-quarkus-server (Maven) Fixed in 26.5.6 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Build of Keycloak | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.2 | Fixed | — |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-11537
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gv3v-2cpp-3pmq
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.2 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · CNA
- 2026-10-30 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-30 2 new references · GHSA-gv3v-2cpp-3pmq
References
Other 7
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11537
- RHBZ#2402616
- https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/commit/137a35c1109ff43a305f26264978a3ea21452373
- https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/commit/5a3cdb7c4ccbf83ffc926f70d655a60269d7207b
- https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/commit/9622f550a6e565b29a3a37454421f08626791a6c
- https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak
- https://www.keycloak.org/server/logging#_change_log_formatpattern
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Sources
- CVE-2025-11537 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-11537 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gv3v-2cpp-3pmq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-11537 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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