Description
A flaw was found in the user-event metrics recording of Keycloak. When metrics are enabled, the system records raw error messages from failed account operations as Prometheus metric labels. Because these error messages can include user-supplied input like nonexistent client IDs, an authenticated user can create a massive number of unique metric entries, eventually exhausting system memory and causing the service to crash or become unavailable.
Published: 2026-08-05
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-770
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak: cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:26.6::el9
References

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-400

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in the user-event metrics recording of Keycloak. When metrics are enabled, the system records raw error messages from failed account operations as Prometheus metric labels. Because these error messages can include user-supplied input like nonexistent client IDs, an authenticated user can create a massive number of unique metric entries, eventually exhausting system memory and causing the service to crash or become unavailable.
Title Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: unbounded metric cardinality in user event metrics via request-controlled error text
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat build Keycloak
Redhat jboss Data Grid
Redhat jbosseapxp
Redhat red Hat Single Sign On
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_data_grid:8
cpe:/a:redhat:jbosseapxp
cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat build Keycloak
Redhat jboss Data Grid
Redhat jbosseapxp
Redhat red Hat Single Sign On
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Redhat Build Keycloak Jboss Data Grid Jbosseapxp Red Hat Single Sign On
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-05T17:38:57.112Z

Reserved: 2026-07-17T14:26:03.169Z

Link: CVE-2026-16100

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-05T17:38:13.432Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-05T16:00:06Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

  • CWE-770

    Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling