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CVE-2026-119079Krb5: mit krb5 kdc unauthenticated cpu dos via quadratic asn.1 sequence of decoding

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 Extended Update Support; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat Red Hat Enterpr… Published: (4 days ago)

Description

decode_sequence_of() in lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_encode.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.11 and later grows the decoded element array one entry at a time, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption in the KDC) by sending an unauthenticated AS-REQ or TGS-REQ with a large number of elements in a SEQUENCE OF field over TCP.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-408

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

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