CVE-2026-40356In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3, there is an integer underflow and resultant out-of-bounds read if an application calls gss_accept_sec_context() on a system with a NegoEx mechanism registe…
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In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3, there is an integer underflow and resultant out-of-bounds read if an application calls gss_accept_sec_context() on a system with a NegoEx mechanism registered in /etc/gss/mech. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this, possibly causing the process to terminate in parse_message.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-191
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
mit kerberos_5 mit:kerberos_5 | from 1.18.0 through 1.22.2 | NVD |
References
- https://cems.fun/2026/04/27/krb5-two-unauthenticated-network-vulnerabilities.htmlexploit, third-party-advisory, patch
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/2e75f0d9362fb979f5fc92829431a590a130929fpatch
- https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/vendor-advisory
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