Keycloak SAML XML DoS: Unauth Remote Attacker via Crafted Input
CVE-2026-7307 Published on May 19, 2026

Keycloak: keycloak: denial of service via specially crafted saml input
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.

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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-7307 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Timeline

Reported to Red Hat.

Made public. 7 days later.

Weakness Type

Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input

The product receives input that is expected to be well-formed - i.e., to comply with a certain syntax - but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input complies with the syntax.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-7307

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Red Hat Build Keycloak
 
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Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.73%
Percentile
49.30%

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