Impact Score: 5/10
Keycloak 26.0.5 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Keycloak 26.0.5. Source highlight: LDAP users are created as enabled by default when using Microsoft Active Directory
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 Product & Engineering Leads
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⚙️ DevOps & Security
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<h2>Highlights</h2>
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<h3 id="_ldap_users_are_created_as_enabled_by_default_when_using_microsoft_active_directory">LDAP users are created as enabled by default when using Microsoft Active Directory</h3>
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<p>If you are using Microsoft AD and creating users through the administrative interfaces, the user will created as enabled by default.</p>
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<p>In previous versions, it was only possible to update the user status after setting a (non-temporary) password to the user.
This behavior was not consistent with other built-in user storages as well as not consistent with others LDAP vendors supported
by the LDAP provider.</p>
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<h2>Upgrading</h2>
<p>Before upgrading refer to <a href="file:/home/runner/work/keycloak-rel/keycloak-rel/target/web/docs/latest/upgrading/index.html#migration-changes">the migration guide</a> for a complete list of changes.</p>
<h2>All resolved issues</h2>
<h3>Bugs</h3>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/issues/31415">#31415</a> Selection list does not close after outside click <code>admin/ui</code></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/issues/33607">#33607</a> Fix v2 login layout <code>login/ui</code></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/issues/33618">#33618</a> No message for `policyGroupsHelp` <code>admin/ui</code></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/issues/33640">#33640</a> Customizable footer (Keycloak 26) not displaying in keycloak.v2 login theme <code>login/ui</code></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/issues/34301">#34301</a> Remove inaccurate statement about master realm imports <code>docs</code></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/issues/34450">#34450</a> [26.0.2] Migration from 25.0.1 Identity Provider Errors <code>identity-brokering</code></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/issues/34467">#34467</a> Do not rely on the `pwdLastSet` attribute when updating AD entries <code>ldap</code></li>
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