- What: Security update for krb5 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Impact: Systems using Kerberos may be vulnerable to authentication bypass
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:19357 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-05-19 Updated: 2026-05-19 RHSA-2026:19357 - 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 9. 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 9 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.8 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.8 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.8 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.8 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.8 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.8 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.8 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.8 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.8 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.8 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 9.8 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 9.8 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 9 SRPM krb5-1.21.1-10.el9_8.src.rpm SHA-256: b22a66515c98c14a4969a403d5419b9f9bab50015553863de866d3f45fd6d922 x86_64 krb5-debuginfo-1.21.1-10.el9_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: a758fc3319984bcda1512747e7ab6f4b6044dc911461f4f132aaff778595aac4 krb5-debuginfo-1.21.1-10.el9_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: a758fc3319984bcda1512747e7ab6f4b6044dc911461f4f132aaff778595aac4 krb5-debuginfo-1.21.1-10.el9_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 07cd22c6054c5f957493dc75602da98f580adc609218fe59e6a9ddca0977a7ff krb5-debuginfo-1.21.1-10.el9_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 07cd22c6054c5f957493dc75602da98f580adc609218fe59e6a9ddca0977a7ff krb5-debugsource-1.21.1-10.el9_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1a9a208052d37f30522468d43ba82ab395e704aab0752f3ca20e4034c1323fb4 krb5-debugsource-1.21.1-10.el9_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1a9a208052d37f30522468d43ba82ab395e704aab0752f3ca20e4034c1323fb4 krb5-debugsource-1.21.1-10.el9_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ec086db4a12de4156a436cab5e247c016990779448d669df5e8f672dd6f7676f 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