Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 5, 2026· Updated Aug 31, 2026
CVE-2026-16100
CVE-2026-16100
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.
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References
4- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50848nvdVendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50849nvdVendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16100nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
News mentions
1- Keycloak Services: Five Vulnerabilities Including High-Severity Flaws Disclosed TogetherVypr Intelligence · Aug 6, 2026