EIP-2026-103960

PRE-CVE

Kerberos 4 4.0/5 5.0 - KDC Spoofing

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-103960. PoCs published by Dug Song.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a technical writeup describing a vulnerability in Kerberos authentication where the login service fails to verify the KDC's authenticity if the service is not registered as a principal or lacks a secret key. An attacker can spoof KDC responses to illicitly log into the server.

Description

Kerberos 4 4.0/5 5.0 - KDC Spoofing

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Dug Song · textremotemultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20181

This is a technical writeup describing a vulnerability in Kerberos authentication where the login service fails to verify the KDC's authenticity if the service is not registered as a principal or lacks a secret key. An attacker can spoof KDC responses to illicitly log into the server.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Kerberos (unspecified version)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Service not registered as a principal with the KDC · Service's secret key not installed on the host · Ability to spoof KDC responses
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026