Memory Leak Affecting krb5 package, versions <1.21.3-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-KRB5-11747463
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed29 Feb 2024

Introduced: 29 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-26462  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 krb5 to version 1.21.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5 package and not the krb5 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /krb5/src/kdc/ndr.c.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1