ubuntu-cve-2026-40355
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-04-28 06:16
Modified
2026-08-05 09:14
Summary
Details
In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3, there is a NULL pointer dereference 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, causing the process to terminate in parse_nego_message.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
7.5 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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"availability": "No subscription required",
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},
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"1.19.2-0ubuntu1",
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"1.19.2-2",
"1.19.2-2ubuntu0.1",
"1.19.2-2ubuntu0.2",
"1.19.2-2ubuntu0.3",
"1.19.2-2ubuntu0.4",
"1.19.2-2ubuntu0.5",
"1.19.2-2ubuntu0.6",
"1.19.2-2ubuntu0.7"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"binary_name": "krb5-user",
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"binary_name": "libkadm5srv-mit12",
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{
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},
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"1.20.1-5build1",
"1.20.1-6ubuntu1",
"1.20.1-6ubuntu2",
"1.20.1-6ubuntu2.1",
"1.20.1-6ubuntu2.2",
"1.20.1-6ubuntu2.3",
"1.20.1-6ubuntu2.4",
"1.20.1-6ubuntu2.5",
"1.20.1-6ubuntu2.6"
]
},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"binary_name": "krb5-k5tls",
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},
{
"binary_name": "krb5-kdc",
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},
{
"binary_name": "krb5-kdc-ldap",
"binary_version": "1.21.3-5ubuntu2"
},
{
"binary_name": "krb5-kpropd",
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},
{
"binary_name": "krb5-locales",
"binary_version": "1.21.3-5ubuntu2"
},
{
"binary_name": "krb5-multidev",
"binary_version": "1.21.3-5ubuntu2"
},
{
"binary_name": "krb5-otp",
"binary_version": "1.21.3-5ubuntu2"
},
{
"binary_name": "krb5-pkinit",
"binary_version": "1.21.3-5ubuntu2"
},
{
"binary_name": "krb5-user",
"binary_version": "1.21.3-5ubuntu2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libgssapi-krb5-2",
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},
{
"binary_name": "libgssrpc4t64",
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},
{
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{
"binary_name": "libkadm5clnt-mit12",
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{
"binary_name": "libkadm5srv-mit12",
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{
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},
{
"binary_name": "libkrad0",
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{
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},
{
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}
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},
"package": {
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"name": "krb5",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/krb5@1.21.3-5ubuntu2?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
},
"ranges": [
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"versions": [
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"1.21.3-5ubuntu1",
"1.21.3-5ubuntu2"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
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"binaries": [
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},
{
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},
{
"binary_name": "krb5-k5tls",
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},
{
"binary_name": "krb5-kdc",
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},
{
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"binary_version": "1.22.1-2ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "krb5-kpropd",
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{
"binary_name": "krb5-locales",
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},
{
"binary_name": "krb5-multidev",
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},
{
"binary_name": "krb5-otp",
"binary_version": "1.22.1-2ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "krb5-pkinit",
"binary_version": "1.22.1-2ubuntu4.1"
},
{
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"binary_version": "1.22.1-2ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libgssapi-krb5-2",
"binary_version": "1.22.1-2ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libgssrpc4t64",
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},
{
"binary_name": "libk5crypto3",
"binary_version": "1.22.1-2ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libkadm5clnt-mit12",
"binary_version": "1.22.1-2ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libkadm5srv-mit12",
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},
{
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{
"binary_name": "libkrad0",
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{
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{
"binary_name": "libkrb5support0",
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},
"package": {
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"name": "krb5",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/krb5@1.22.1-2ubuntu4.1?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
},
"ranges": [
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],
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"1.22.1-2",
"1.22.1-2ubuntu2",
"1.22.1-2ubuntu3",
"1.22.1-2ubuntu4"
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}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3, there is a NULL pointer dereference 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, causing the process to terminate in parse_nego_message.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40355",
"modified": "2026-08-05T09:14:17Z",
"published": "2026-04-28T06:16:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-40355"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40355"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8585-1"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-8585-1"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2026-40355"
]
}
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