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CVE-2026-119079VulnerabilityPublished Updated

lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_encode.c · decode_sequence_of()

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-119079· High 7.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High.

Data as of 12 Nov 2026, 22:05 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.17.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 9 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 12 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Ubuntu 26.10krb5pkg:deb/ubuntu/krb5?arch=source&distro=stonkingOther threatsAffected
  • =1.22.1-2ubuntu4
  • =1.22.1-3ubuntu2
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 26.04 LTSkrb5pkg:deb/ubuntu/krb5?arch=source&distro=resoluteOther threatsAffected
  • 1.21.3-5ubuntu2 – 1.22.1-2ubuntu4.1
6 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSkrb5pkg:deb/ubuntu/krb5?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threatsAffected
  • 1.20.1-3ubuntu1 – 1.20.1-6ubuntu2.10
13 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 22.04 LTSkrb5pkg:deb/ubuntu/krb5?arch=source&distro=jammyOther threatsAffected
  • 1.18.3-6 – 1.19.2-2ubuntu0.10
14 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 20.04 LTSkrb5pkg:deb/ubuntu/krb5?arch=source&distro=focalOther threatsAffected
  • 1.17-6 – 1.17-6ubuntu4.11
12 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTSkrb5pkg:deb/ubuntu/krb5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionicOther threatsAffected
  • 1.15.1-2 – 1.16-2ubuntu0.4+esm5
12 affected builds
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Until a fix is available, consider limiting the size of incoming Kerberos requests or applying network-level rate limiting to mitigate potential abuse.

Description

A vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) version 1.11 and later allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via CPU exhaustion. The issue arises from the decode_sequence_of() function in asn1_encode.c, which inefficiently grows the decoded element array one entry at a time when processing a SEQUENCE OF field in unauthenticated AS-REQ or TGS-REQ messages over TCP.

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