Resource management error in Keycloak - CVE-2025-2559
Published: April 30, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU108092
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-2559
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Keycloak
Affected software:
Keycloak
Keycloak
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when caching JWT tokens. If a client uses JWT tokens with an excessively long expiration time, for example, 24 or 48 hours, the cache can grow indefinitely leading to denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-2559
Install updates from vendor's website.