# CVE-2025-0604: Keycloak-ldap-federation: authentication bypass due to missing ldap bind after password reset in keycloak

- Also known as: GHSA-2P82-5WWR-43CW
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 26.0.10, 26.1.3
- Published: 2025-01-22 · Updated: 2026-10-13

## Affected

- keycloak-ldap-federation: fixed in 26.0.10; fixed in 26.1.3
- Red Hat Red Hat Build of Keycloak: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator: version range not reported
- keycloak-ldap-federation: version range not reported
- org.keycloak:keycloak-ldap-federation (Maven): from 26.1.0, fixed in 26.1.3
- org.keycloak:keycloak-ldap-federation (Maven): fixed in 26.0.10

## Description

A flaw was found in Keycloak. When an Active Directory user resets their password, the system updates it without performing an LDAP bind to validate the new credentials against AD. This vulnerability allows users whose AD accounts are expired or disabled to regain access in Keycloak, bypassing AD restrictions. The issue enables authentication bypass and could allow unauthorized access under certain conditions.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on keycloak-ldap-federation, Red Hat Red Hat Build of Keycloak, rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (26.0.10, 26.1.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2544
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2545
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-0604
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2338993

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