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CVE-2026-112318: Krb5: mit krb5 kadmind authenticated dos exploiting dereference of null policy name pointers

Is it exploited?

Not on CISA's list. CISA has not added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 10 Nov 2026. If CISA adds it, this page shows it as known exploited.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?

0.6%

EPSS score, percentile 47.7 of all scored records. A probability estimated by FIRST, not a report of exploitation.

How severe?

6.5 Medium

CVSS v3.1 base score, given by the CNA

What should I do?

CISA has set no required action, because the vulnerability is not in KEV.

No patch or vendor advisory is listed in the CVE record. Check Red Hat's advisories.

Which versions are affected?

Versions by product

Source: CISA KEV 2026.11.10, as of 10 Nov 2026; FIRST EPSS, as of 12 Nov 2026; CVE List, as of 12 Nov 2026. About the data.

Description

Krb5: mit krb5 kadmind authenticated dos exploiting dereference of null policy name pointers

The policy RPC stubs in kadmin/server/server_stubs.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.5.3 and later do not reject a NULL policy name decoded by xdr_nullstring(), which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (kadmind crash via NULL pointer dereference) by sending a policy request with an empty policy name that reaches authorization checks or logging code.

Source: CVE List, as of 12 Nov 2026. About the data.

What to do

Advisories and patches

No patch, vendor advisory or mitigation is listed in the CVE record. Check Red Hat's own security advisories for a fix, and compare your version with the affected versions below.

Workaround (from the CVE record)

Restrict network access to kadmind to trusted hosts, or disable it in favor of kadmin.local server-side command line tool for administration operations if possible.

This summary is based on the CVE record as of 12 Nov 2026. Check the vendor's advisory before you act: affected versions and fixes can change.