CVE-2026-40356

MEDIUM

MIT Kerberos 5 < 1.22.3 - Out-of-Bounds Access

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3, there is an integer underflow and resultant out-of-bounds read if an application calls gss_accept_sec_context() on a system with a NegoEx mechanism registered in /etc/gss/mech. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this, possibly causing the process to terminate in parse_message.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 22.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-191
Status published
Products (1)
MIT/Kerberos 5 1.18 - 1.22.3
Published Apr 28, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 28, 2026