Bug 2353868 (CVE-2025-2559)

Summary: CVE-2025-2559 org.keycloak/keycloak-services: JWT Token Cache Exhaustion Leading to Denial of Service (DoS) in Keycloak
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: aschwart, asoldano, bbaranow, bmaxwell, boliveir, brian.stansberry, cdewolf, darran.lofthouse, dkreling, dosoudil, drichtar, fjuma, istudens, ivassile, iweiss, jkoops, lgao, mosmerov, mposolda, msochure, msvehla, nwallace, pdrozd, peholase, pesilva, pjindal, pmackay, pskopek, rmartinc, rowaters, rstancel, security-response-team, smaestri, ssilvert, sthorger, tom.jenkinson, vmuzikar
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A flaw was found in Keycloak. When the configuration uses JWT tokens for authentication, the tokens are cached until expiration. 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 an OutOfMemoryError. This issue could result in a denial of service condition, preventing legitimate users from accessing the system.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-03-20 12:25:01 UTC
A trusted client with long-lived JWT tokens can cause memory exhaustion in Keycloak due to unbounded token caching.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2025-04-29 22:53:29 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat build of Keycloak 22

Via RHSA-2025:4336 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4336

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2025-04-29 23:03:19 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.0

Via RHSA-2025:4335 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4335