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CVE-2025-5253: CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Kron Technologies Kron PAM

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VulnerabilityCVE-2025-5253cvecve-2025-5253cwe-770
Published: 07/25/2025 (07/25/2025, 11:27:41 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Kron Technologies
Product: Kron PAM

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Kron Technologies Kron PAM allows HTTP DoS. This issue affects Kron PAM: before 3.7.

CVSS v3.1

Score 6.5medium

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected software

Affected versions
=0

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 06/05/2026, 20:05:10 UTC

Technical Analysis

This vulnerability (CWE-770) in Kron PAM involves allocation of resources without proper limits or throttling, which can be exploited over HTTP to cause a denial of service condition. The issue affects versions prior to 3.7 of Kron PAM. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.5, reflecting a medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction, and impacting availability only. No patch or official fix information is provided in the available data.

Potential Impact

An attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. The impact is limited to availability disruption; confidentiality and integrity are not affected. There are no known active exploits in the wild at this time.

Mitigation Recommendations

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, consider implementing network-level protections such as rate limiting or HTTP request throttling to mitigate potential denial of service attempts. Monitor for updates from Kron Technologies regarding patches or official mitigations.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.1
Assigner Short Name
TR-CERT
Date Reserved
2025-05-27T08:17:44.974Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 68836b5cad5a09ad004fb357

Added to database: 07/25/2025, 11:32:44 UTC

Last enriched: 06/05/2026, 20:05:10 UTC

Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:51 UTC

Views: 254

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