Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-85238.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-85238
Upstream
Published
2026-04-28T07:16:03Z
Modified
2026-08-30T05:26:50Z
Summary
CVE-2026-40356 affecting package krb5 for versions less than 1.21.3-4
Details

In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3, there is an integer underflow and resultant out-of-bounds read if an application calls gssacceptseccontext() on a system with a NegoEx mechanism registered in /etc/gss/mech. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this, possibly causing the process to terminate in parsemessage.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / krb5

Package

Name
krb5
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/krb5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.21.3-4

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-85238.json"