The spnego_gss_accept_sec_context function in lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in the SPNEGO GSS-API functionality in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka…

Description

The spnego_gss_accept_sec_context function in lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in the SPNEGO GSS-API functionality in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 before 1.7.2 and 1.8 before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon crash) via an invalid packet that triggers incorrect preparation of an error token.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• USN-916-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 20100323 MITKRB5-SA-2010-002 denial of service in SPNEGO [CVE-2010-0628 VU#839413] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 38904 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566258 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-002.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 39023 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• VU#839413 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2010-0628](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2010-0628.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2010-0628)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 00:52 UTC.