The GSS-RPC layer in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) does not enforce size limits on XDR-decoded data, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion or excessive CPU consumption in kadmind) via crafted RPC requests that trigger unbounded memory allocations during XDR decoding.

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CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

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CVE-2026-112319: Red Hat: The GSS-RPC layer in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) does not enforce size limits on XDR-decoded data, which allows remote…

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