CVE-2026-79651
Published:September 16, 2026
Updated:September 22, 2026
A flaw was found in the theme localization endpoints of the keycloak-services component, which is the core service responsible for authentication flows and theme management in Keycloak. The issue occurs because the system accepts arbitrary locale tags from unauthenticated requests and stores them in a permanent in-memory cache without limits. An attacker can exploit this by sending a large number of unique locale tags, eventually causing the server to run out of memory and crash.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=26.5.0 <26.6.7Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 26.6.7https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=26.7.0 <26.7.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 26.7.4https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=23.0.0 <26.4.16Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 26.4.16org.keycloak:keycloak-services (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=23.0.0 <26.7.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 26.7.4Related Resources (7)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
EPSS
Base Score:
0.62