VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-40355

CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.65%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-04-28
Last modified2026-10-26
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3, there is a NULL pointer dereference if an application calls gss_accept_sec_context() on a system with a NegoEx mechanism registered in /etc/gss/mech. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this, causing the process to terminate in parse_nego_message.

Weakness classification

  • cve@mitre.org: CWE-476

Primary references