CVE-2026-112321

Discovered by AISLEPUBLISHEDCWE-772

Description

The AUTH_GSSAPI handler in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gssapi.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) does not free decoded arguments on certain error paths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion in kadmind) via crafted AUTH_GSSAPI_INIT requests that trigger authentication failures.

CVSS Base Scores

CVSS v3.1(Primary)
7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersionStatus
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10——
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6——
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7——
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8——
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9——
Red HatRed Hat Hardened Images——

Credits

  • This issue was discovered by Found by AISLE in partnership with Red Hat.

References