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RHSA-2026:16799: Important: krb5 security update

This security update addresses two Important-rated Denial of Service vulnerabilities in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5): CVE-2026-40356 via integer underflow and out-of-bounds read, and CVE-2026-40355 via a NULL pointer dereference in the NegoEx mechanism, both with a CVSS score of 5.9 (MEDIUM). The vulnerabilities affect krb5 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, and Red Hat has released patched packages to remediate the issues.
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:16799 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-05-13 Updated: 2026-05-13 RHSA-2026:16799 - Security Advisory Overview Updated Packages Synopsis Important: krb5 security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory. View affected systems Topic An update for krb5 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Description Kerberos is a network authentication system, which can improve the security of your network by eliminating the insecure practice of sending passwords over the network in unencrypted form. It allows clients and servers to authenticate to each other with the help of a trusted third party, the Kerberos key distribution center (KDC). Security Fix(es): krb5: MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5): Denial of Service via integer underflow and out-of-bounds read (CVE-2026-40356) krb5: MIT Kerberos 5: Denial of Service via NULL pointer dereference in NegoEx mechanism (CVE-2026-40355) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Solution For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Affected Products Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 s390x Fixes BZ - 2463368 - CVE-2026-40356 krb5: MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5): Denial of Service via integer underflow and out-of-bounds read BZ - 2463370 - CVE-2026-40355 krb5: MIT Kerberos 5: Denial of Service via NULL pointer dereference in NegoEx mechanism CVEs CVE-2026-40355 CVE-2026-40356 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. 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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 SRPM krb5-1.18.2-34.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: cc9462f847f21a7a8081cbb743031b43654fea48e3c8c2872b1e720256f3db95 x86_64 krb5-debuginfo-1.18.2-34.el8_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: ba724b346b262e8d3b0d9efdc3f4adc90af7c75bfa70a02bfcd42d19f6a62f64 krb5-debuginfo-1.18.2-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 19cecb993dd93fe4efa622d93d7ab2f85edd2fa96624f8f1e46c701586f628fd krb5-debugsource-1.18.2-34.el8_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: e0fc532ccfa5ca8e543a40a9642b807fb290c7ac645d81829b6157fb6f96756b krb5-debugsource-1.18.2-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b0727836a4725c8eb307c9e58985cbd068488c3a53b3c4cfd7f52368da31f14e krb5-devel-1.18.2-34.el8_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: d196974c93513a2d28fe5d9196bbd8e4e2700cdd80312edca8fd5becd4fc20cd krb5-devel-1.18.2-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2337d4bc35fd17bd53af7bb845b02ba7b06c0e403f5790bc61bd790332228bc8 krb5-devel-debuginfo-1.18.2-34.el8_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1ffc909e790df40151b0902234c471fc757858d699c8c66e5f761bfde808beda krb5-devel-debuginfo-1.18.2-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0ff9006600ececc65781d86a8be156d5591fc075d44611b4c2d89e6ccc825e90 krb5-libs-1.18.2-34.el8_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6936726d48a031757a0eb350c1d827032d769c3e5e93ad1f07502008e1867c9a krb5-libs-1.18.2-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 915e6ace44feb19da7128f56c10f357c2f6e6ac06e2c5f35d68cb1289b7ea53d krb5-libs-debuginfo-1.18.2-34.el8_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: a05995d4cd852679f1c010e4a928153ff5c016cd0fba07a2d58f86253f6abcf2 krb5-libs-debuginfo-1.18.2-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5f12efd7c129484f451e36414e7cd2b532ce7ffb90c9431511149a160fa25ef0 krb5-pkinit-1.18.2-34.el8_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: e7e687202fb9835fd1ce3a29e0ed72fd79e0aa367ad34c3ef6a39ed6490e57d5 krb5-pkinit-1.18.2-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2a101516dee9a38bf417bcce3bb6a1ce2fa24fc0eb67b7262e47da3a43d6c33d krb5-pkinit-debuginfo-1.18.2-34.el8_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: c75ef0a4846d9f5ee917f4e04c286f60d0e82cfa9ea53b17492947ca94e6feca krb5-pkinit-debuginfo-1.18.2-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 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