The GSS-RPC layer in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) does not enforce size limits on XDR-decoded data, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion or excessive CPU consumption in kadmind) via crafted RPC requests that trigger unbounded memory allocations during XDR decoding.
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Restrict network access to kadmind to trusted hosts, or disable it in favor of kadmin.local server-side command line tool for administration operations if possible.
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Mon, 09 Nov 2026 19:15:00 +0000
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| Description | The GSS-RPC layer in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) does not enforce size limits on XDR-decoded data, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion or excessive CPU consumption in kadmind) via crafted RPC requests that trigger unbounded memory allocations during XDR decoding. | |
| Title | Krb5: mit krb5 kadmind authenticated memory exhaustion dos via unbounded rpc xdr allocation | |
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat hummingbird Redhat rhel Els |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-770 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1 cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6 cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7 |
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Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat hummingbird Redhat rhel Els |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-09T19:35:07.440Z
Reserved: 2026-10-19T14:26:25.093Z
Link: CVE-2026-112319
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-11-09T19:16:40.727
Modified: 2026-11-09T19:16:40.853
Link: CVE-2026-112319
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