# CVE-2023-39975: kdc/do\_tgs\_req.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21 before 1.21.2 has a double free that is reachable if an authenticated user can trigger an

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-08-16 · Updated: 2026-02-25

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

kdc/do_tgs_req.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21 before 1.21.2 has a double free that is reachable if an authenticated user can trigger an authorization-data handling failure. Incorrect data is copied from one ticket to another.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/compare/krb5-1.21.1-final...krb5-1.21.2-final
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/88a1701b423c13991a8064feeb26952d3641d840
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230915-0014/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240201-0008/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240201-0005/

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