Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-304

Missing Critical Step in Authentication

The product implements an authentication technique, but it skips a step that weakens the technique.

CVE-2026-57915 (GCVE-0-2026-57915)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-26 12:09 – Updated: 2026-06-30 03:16
VLAI
Title
Apache Kerby: Kerberos Pre-Authentication Bypass
Summary
It is possible to bypass the Kerberos pre-authentication check in Apache Kerby by sending a PA-DATA with an unrecognized or unsupported type. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.1.2, which fixes this issue.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-304 - Missing Critical Step in Authentication
  • CWE-358 - Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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