Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting krb5 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-KRB5-15032987
  • published18 Jan 2026
  • disclosed16 Jan 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-24528  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound via the resize function in kdb_log.c when processing a large update size during incremental propagation. An attacker can cause an out-of-bounds write and crash the kadmind daemon by sending specially crafted data after authenticating.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1