VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-40356
CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.60%
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 an integer underflow and resultant out-of-bounds read 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, possibly causing the process to terminate in parse_message.
Weakness classification
- cve@mitre.org: CWE-191
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Patch
- cve@mitre.org — Patch
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory