NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting zeek/zeek package, versions [,8.0.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.92% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ZEEKZEEK-17912421
  • published9 Jul 2026
  • disclosed9 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-60109  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade zeek/zeek to version 8.0.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference through the Kerberos protocol analyzer when processing a crafted KRB_ERROR message containing a PA-DATA element with specific padata-type values. An attacker can cause the application to crash by sending a single UDP or TCP packet to port 88 without authentication.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1