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CVE-2026-119079

Krb5: mit krb5 kdc unauthenticated cpu dos via quadratic asn.1 sequence of decoding

CVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGHCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

Original advisory

cve-program · CVE-2026-119079

Published

decode_sequence_of() in lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_encode.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.11 and later grows the decoded element array one entry at a time, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption in the KDC) by sending an unauthenticated AS-REQ or TGS-REQ with a large number of elements in a SEQUENCE OF field over TCP.

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Affected versions, risk and source history

cve-program · CVE-2026-119079

Published

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",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0:1.21.3-11.el10_3.2",
                            "lessThan": "*",
                            "versionType": "rpm",
                            "status": "unaffected"
                        }
                    ],
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.3"
                    ]
                }

krb5

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Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 Extended Update Support",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "krb5",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0:1.21.3-10.el10_2.2",
                            "lessThan": "*",
                            "versionType": "rpm",
                            "status": "unaffected"
                        }
                    ],
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.2"
                    ]
                }

krb5

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Publisher's version information

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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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Publisher's version information

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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

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

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

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

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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Publisher's version information

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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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