Resource exhaustion in Red Hat Build Of Keycloak

CVE-2026-79651

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.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-79651?
CVE-2026-79651 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Build Of Keycloak, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-79651?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.