# CVE-2024-26461: Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /krb5/src/lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c.

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-02-26 · Updated: 2024-08-14

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /krb5/src/lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/LuMingYinDetect/krb5_defects/blob/main/krb5_detect_2.md
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240415-0011/

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