MIT security briefs
2 published alerts for MIT products and services.
MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3 vulnerability
In In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3, there is an integer underflow and resultant out-of-bounds read 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, possibly causing the process to terminate in parse_message. (CVE-2026-40356) was added to Microsoft’s security update guidance. Information published. PremierePC tracks MSRC advisories for Upstate SC businesses — patch or open a ticket if you need help verifying exposure.
- Vendor:MIT
- Product:In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3, there is an integer underflow and resultant out-of-bounds read 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, possibly causing the process to terminate in parse_message.
MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3 vulnerability
In 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. (CVE-2026-40355) was added to Microsoft’s security update guidance. Information published. PremierePC tracks MSRC advisories for Upstate SC businesses — patch or open a ticket if you need help verifying exposure.
- Vendor:MIT
- Product: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.