What is CVE-2024-26458?

CVE-2024-26458 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mit Kerberos_5, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-02-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-26458?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-26458 known to be exploited?

13 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Mit Kerberos_5

CVE-2024-26458

Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak in /krb5/src/lib/rpc/pmap_rmt.c.

EPSS: 0.008 (53.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Mit Kerberos_5 — versions 1.21.2
Netapp Active_iq_unified_manager
Netapp Cloud_volumes_ontap_mediator
Netapp H610c
Netapp H610c_firmware
Netapp H610s
Netapp H610s_firmware
Netapp H615c
Netapp H615c_firmware
Netapp Management_services_for_element_software_and_netapp_hci

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores
CKA-codespace/cg-compare
Dariani223/DevOpsFinal
GrigGM/05-virt-04-docker-hw
Myash-New/05-virt-04-docker-in-practice
adegoodyer/kubernetes-admin-toolkit
ardhiatno/ubimicro-fluentbit
drewtwitchell/scancompare
fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds
fokypoky/places-list

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-26458?: CVE-2024-26458 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mit Kerberos_5, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-02-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-26458?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-26458 known to be exploited?: 13 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.