CVE-2026-7307

Vendor solution

To mitigate this vulnerability, restrict network access to the Keycloak SAML endpoint to trusted networks and clients. Implement firewall rules to limit inbound connections to the Keycloak service port (e.g., 8080) from untrusted sources. If the SAML protocol is not required for your deployment, consider disabling it to eliminate the attack surface. Applying these network restrictions or configuration changes may necessitate a restart or reload of the Keycloak service, which could temporarily affect its availability.

Red Hat statement

This is a High severity denial of service vulnerability in Keycloak. An unauthenticated attacker with network access can send specially crafted XML input to the SAML endpoint, causing high CPU utilization and worker thread exhaustion, which renders the Keycloak server unavailable. This directly impacts the availability of Keycloak instances where the SAML protocol is enabled.

Red Hat mitigation

To mitigate this vulnerability, restrict network access to the Keycloak SAML endpoint to trusted networks and clients. Implement firewall rules to limit inbound connections to the Keycloak service port (e.g., 8080) from untrusted sources. If the SAML protocol is not required for your deployment, consider disabling it to eliminate the attack surface. Applying these network restrictions or configuration changes may necessitate a restart or reload of the Keycloak service, which could temporarily affect its availability.