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CVE-2026-119079

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

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.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-408

References