CVE-2024-26462 (GCVE-0-2024-26462)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-26 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-25 20:05
VLAI
EPSS
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Summary
Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /krb5/src/kdc/ndr.c.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-25 20:04 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
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