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CVE-2018-5730
MIT krb5 1.6 or later allows an authenticated kadmin with permission to add principals to an LDAP Kerberos database to circumvent a DN…
Low3.8EPSS 2.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
MIT krb5 1.6 or later allows an authenticated kadmin with permission to add principals to an LDAP Kerberos database to circumvent a DN containership check by supplying both a "linkdn" and "containerdn" database argument, or by supplying a DN string which is a left extension of a container DN string but is not hierarchically within the container DN.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Undergoing Analysis | 3.1 | Low3.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- 1042071 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/e1caf6fb74981da62039846931ebdffed71309d1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3071 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1551082 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2018-f97cb1c9b0 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891869 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2018-391a1f3e61 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190125 [SECURITY] [DLA 1643-1] krb5 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHBA-2019:0327 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210930 [SECURITY] [DLA 2771-1] krb5 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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