CVE-2018-5729

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

MIT krb5 1.6 or later allows an authenticated kadmin with permission to add principals to an LDAP Kerberos database to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or bypass a DN container check by supplying tagged data that is internal to the database module.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.7/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Mar 6, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Undergoing Analysis

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CVE-2018-5729: Medium severity, CVSS 4.7 | Vulnix