Integer Underflow Affecting krb5-workstation package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KRB5WORKSTATION-16321841
  • published29 Apr 2026
  • disclosed28 Apr 2026

Introduced: 28 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-40356  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-191  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 krb5-workstation.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5-workstation package and not the krb5-workstation package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3, there is an integer underflow and resultant out-of-bounds read if an application calls gss_accept_sec_context() on a system with a NegoEx mechanism registered in /etc/gss/mech. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this, possibly causing the process to terminate in parse_message.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1