HIGHCVSS v3.1 7.5Vulnerability

CVE-2026-119079

decode_sequence_of() in lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_encode.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.11 and later grows the decoded element array one entry at a time, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption in the KDC) by sending an unauthenticated AS-REQ or TGS-REQ with a large number of elements in a SEQUENCE OF field over TCP.

Properties

Severity
HIGH
Nvd fetched at
2026-11-10T23:33:48.924589+00:00
Epss score
0.00638
Cvss severity
HIGH
Cvss score
7.5
Retrieved at
2026-11-10T23:35:17+00:00
Last source
FIRST EPSS
Score
7.5
Cvss version
3.1
Cve id
CVE-2026-119079
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
First seen by Signal
2026-11-09T23:18:14+00:00
Name
CVE-2026-119079
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published at
2026-11-09T19:16:43.023
Last modified
2026-11-09T19:16:43.160
Epss percentile
0.50908

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