CVE-2026-107708

NameCVE-2026-107708
DescriptionMIT krb5 through 1.22.2 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the KDC's get_pac_princ_with_realm() that returns success while leaving the client principal NULL on malformed names. A malicious or compromised cross-realm trusted KDC can send an S4U2Proxy request with a PAC carrying a malformed client name to crash krb5kdc and deny authentication.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
krb5 (PTS)bookworm, bookworm (security)1.20.1-2+deb12u5vulnerable
trixie (security), trixie1.21.3-5+deb13u1vulnerable
forky, sid1.22.1-3vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
krb5source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/krb5/krb5/pull/1510
Fixed by: https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/f6e2c397ceda6467ebbaab8ed66d4895c9f1d6a7 (master)
Fixed by: https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/a88a18cafa1040a0c4f9c8d08288fc98831ec86d (krb5-1.22 branch)

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