CVE-2026-40355
ADVISORY - nistSummary
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.
EPSS Score: 0.00075 (0.225)
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
ADVISORY - nist
NULL Pointer Dereference
ADVISORY - redhat
NULL Pointer Dereference
NIST
CREATED
UPDATED
ADVISORY IDCVE-2026-40355
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
2.2
EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)
CVSS SCORE
5.9mediumDebian
CREATED
UPDATED
ADVISORY IDCVE-2026-40355
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
-
EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
Ubuntu
CREATED
UPDATED
ADVISORY IDCVE-2026-40355
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
-
EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
CVSS SCORE
N/AmediumRed Hat
CREATED
UPDATED
ADVISORY IDCVE-2026-40355
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
2.2
EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)