MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) through 1.22.2 contains a NULL pointer dereference in make_cred_list() in rd_cred.c that allows authenticated Kerberos clients to crash services by sending mismatched KRB-CRED arrays. Attackers can send forwarded credentials with more tickets than ticket_info entries through gss_accept_sec_context() to crash GSS-API acceptor services, causing denial of service.

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Description MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) through 1.22.2 contains a NULL pointer dereference in make_cred_list() in rd_cred.c that allows authenticated Kerberos clients to crash services by sending mismatched KRB-CRED arrays. Attackers can send forwarded credentials with more tickets than ticket_info entries through gss_accept_sec_context() to crash GSS-API acceptor services, causing denial of service.
Title MIT krb5 through 1.22.2 NULL Pointer Dereference via krb5_rd_cred()
First Time appeared Mit
Mit kerberos 5
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mit
Mit kerberos 5
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-08T20:15:54.159Z

Reserved: 2026-10-08T20:02:23.913Z

Link: CVE-2026-107778

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-08T21:17:52.630

Modified: 2026-10-08T21:33:42.423

Link: CVE-2026-107778

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-08T20:15:54Z

Links: CVE-2026-107778 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-10-08T22:30:18Z

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