CVE-2024-26461 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in the Kerberos 5 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service by exhausting system memory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-26461?
CVE-2024-26461 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5, published on 26 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /krb5/src/lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26461?
It affects 9 products.
Products include Mit Kerberos 5, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Cloud Volumes Ontap Mediator, Netapp H610c Firmware, Netapp H610s Firmware, Netapp H615c Firmware and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-26461?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-26461 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-26461 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Mit Kerberos 5
Sources
Also known as AZL-35454, AZL-35481, BELL-CVE-2024-26461, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26461, ECHO-b3dc-369a-a35e, GHSA-jc8v-q399-gfq9 and 2 more.