CVE-2026-40355 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-40355

Vendor Mit
Product Kerberos 5
Weakness CWE-476
Published April 28, 2026
Last update April 28, 2026

CVSS base score

5.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 28, 2026 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated