Krb5: mit krb5 kadmind authenticated memory leak dos in xdr_krb5_tl_data() decode failure
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cve-program · CVE-2026-112316
Publishedxdr_krb5_tl_data() in lib/kadm5/kadm_rpc_xdr.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) does not free partially decoded data on failure, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory leak in kadmind) via crafted RPC requests that trigger a decode failure.
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cve-program · CVE-2026-112316
PublishedKrb5: mit krb5 kadmind authenticated memory leak dos in xdr_krb5_tl_data() decode failure
xdr_krb5_tl_data() in lib/kadm5/kadm_rpc_xdr.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) does not free partially decoded data on failure, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory leak in kadmind) via crafted RPC requests that trigger a decode failure.
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CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H