CVE-2024-26462 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in the Kerberos Key Distribution Center allows attackers to exhaust system resources, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-26462?
CVE-2024-26462 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5, published on 26 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /krb5/src/kdc/ndr.c.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26462?
It affects 8 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 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-26462?
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-2024-26462 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-26462 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Mit Kerberos 5
Sources
Also known as AZL-35480, BELL-CVE-2024-26462, CLSA-2024-1732195001, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26462, ECHO-f677-6a69-33f8, GHSA-rgrc-qmj6-x9mf and 1 more.