Medium [CVE-2025-0604] authentication bypass due to missing ldap bind after password reset in keycloak
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2025-0604 affecting Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.0, Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.
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Summary
A flaw was found in Keycloak. When an Active Directory user resets their password, the system updates it without performing an LDAP bind to validate the new credentials against AD.
This vulnerability allows users whose AD accounts are expired or disabled to regain access in Keycloak, bypassing AD restrictions. The issue enables authentication bypass and could allow unauthorized access under certain conditions.
Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N). Weakness: CWE-287.
Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Build of Keycloak; Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.0; Red Hat Single Sign-On 7. Will not fix / out of support: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.
Red Hat fixing advisory: RHSA-2025:2545, RHSA-2025:2544.
Affected versions
No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 17 days ago·verify at source
- rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle:26.0.10-3
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9:26.0-11
- rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator:26.0-12
- RHSA-2025:2545
- RHSA-2025:2544
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 17 days ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: rhbk/keycloak-operator-bundle:26.0.10-3, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9:26.0-11, rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operator:26.0-12, RHSA-2025:2545, RHSA-2025:2544. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 17 days ago·verify at source
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