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Krb5: mit krb5 kadmind authenticated memory exhaustion dos via unbounded rpc xdr allocation

CVSS 3.1 6.5 MEDIUMCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

Historical advisory recorded 9 Nov 2026 21:02:10 UTC. Read the latest advisory.

cve-program · CVE-2026-112319

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The GSS-RPC layer in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) does not enforce size limits on XDR-decoded data, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion or excessive CPU consumption in kadmind) via crafted RPC requests that trigger unbounded memory allocations during XDR decoding.

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cve-program · CVE-2026-112319

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krb5

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Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "krb5",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
                    ]
                }

krb5

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{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "krb5",
                    "defaultStatus": "unknown",
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6"
                    ]
                }

krb5

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{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "krb5",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7"
                    ]
                }

krb5

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Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "krb5",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
                    ]
                }

krb5

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Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "krb5",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
                    ]
                }

krb5

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{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Hardened Images",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "krb5",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1"
                    ]
                }

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