CVE-2026-40355 (GCVE-0-2026-40355)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-28 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-28 12:53
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
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MIT Kerberos 5 Affected: 1.18 , < 1.22.3 (custom)
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