CVE-2026-107778
MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) through 1.22.2 contains a NULL pointer dereference in make_cred_list() in…
- Risk score
- 46/100
- CVSS
- 6.5 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.4%
- Published
- 8 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- 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_contex…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 6.5 medium
References
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/blob/krb5-1.22.2-final/src/lib/krb5/krb/rd_cred.c#L77-L112
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/48afa9abb89ab2176bb20624d87d010b9984fc08
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/62196e2b269159a5465f5b8d0ed7cf6f29c3282a
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/pull/1511
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mit-krb5-through-1.22.2-null-pointer-dereference-via-krb5-rd-cred
Original 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.
Last activity 8 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.