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CVE-2026-112322 json

Krb5: mit krb5 kadmind unauthenticated cpu dos via auth_gssapi client states cleanup

published 2d ago modified 2d ago also EUVD-2026-120224

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

clean_client() in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gssapi.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) restarts its scan from the head of the client list after each removal, resulting in quadratic CPU cost. Remote attackers can cause a denial of service (CPU consumption in kadmind) by accumulating a large number of AUTH_GSSAPI client entries.

Patch / fix

  • krb5 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 1.22.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-112322

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-112322 updated cvss 7.5

krb5: MIT krb5 kadmind unauthenticated CPU DoS via AUTH_GSSAPI client states cleanup

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 krb5, libkadm5, krb5-libs, krb5-server, krb5-server-ldap, krb5-workstation, +1 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Restrict network access to kadmind to trusted hosts, or disable it in favor of kadmin.local server-side command line tool for administration operations if possible.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 krb5, libkadm5, krb5-libs, krb5-pkinit, krb5-server, krb5-server-ldap, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 krb5, libkadm5, krb5-libs, krb5-pkinit, krb5-server, krb5-server-ldap, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 krb5, libkadm5, krb5-libs, krb5-pkinit, krb5-server, krb5-server-ldap, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 krb5 Red Hat Hardened Images krb5
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Restrict network access to kadmind to trusted hosts, or disable it in favor of kadmin.local server-side command line tool for administration operations if possible.”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2d ago

Exploit prediction

0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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