What is CVE-2024-26462?

CVE-2024-26462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mit Kerberos_5, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-02-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-26462?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-26462 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Mit Kerberos_5

CVE-2024-26462

Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /krb5/src/kdc/ndr.c.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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

Atamik03/API-calc-dz
GrigGM/05-virt-04-docker-hw
Myash-New/05-virt-04-docker-in-practice
adegoodyer/kubernetes-admin-toolkit
ardhiatno/ubimicro-fluentbit
bygregonline/devsec-fastapi-report
drewtwitchell/scancompare
fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds
fokypoky/places-list
marklogic/marklogic-docker

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-26462?: CVE-2024-26462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mit Kerberos_5, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-02-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-26462?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-26462 known to be exploited?: 15 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.