# CVE-2026-112315: Krb5: mit krb5 kadmind unauthenticated memory leak dos in rpcsec\_gss buffer decode failure

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-11-09 · Updated: 2026-11-09

CVE-2026-112315 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 5.3 (medium) and affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 3 more; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

The MIT Kerberos 5 krb5 kadmind administration daemon contains a flaw in its RPCSEC_GSS handling that fails to free partially decoded buffers. A remote attacker can reach it over the network without logging in and send crafted RPCSEC_GSS messages to cause a denial of service through a memory leak in kadmind.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- krb5: version range not reported
- krb5: version range not reported
- krb5: version range not reported
- krb5: version range not reported
- krb5: version range not reported
- krb5: version range not reported

## Description

The RPCSEC_GSS authentication routines in lib/rpc/authgss_prot.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.4 and later do not free partially decoded buffers on failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak in kadmind) via crafted RPCSEC_GSS messages.

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-112315
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479403

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