CVE-2026-119079

Discovered by AISLEPUBLISHEDCWE-408

Description

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.

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 AISLE Research and Found by AISLE in partnership with Red Hat.

References