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CVE-2026-112321

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2026-11-09 Modified: 2026-11-09

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.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-772

References