VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-20217

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.42%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-12-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A Reachable Assertion issue was discovered in the KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.17. If an attacker can obtain a krbtgt ticket using an older encryption type (single-DES, triple-DES, or RC4), the attacker can crash the KDC by making an S4U2Self request.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-617: Reachable Assertion

Primary references