Vulnerability record

CVE-2026-112320

highCVSS 3.1 7.5EPSS 0.73%Published · Red Hat

The short answer

CVE-2026-112320 affects Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and is rated high (CVSS 7.5). It is not in CISA's KEV catalog; EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.73%.

What it is

The GSS-RPC transport layer in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.4 and later does not release the previous authentication context when a client switches from an RPCSEC_GSS or AUTH_GSSAPI flavor to a non-GSS flavor on the same TCP connection. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion in kadmind) by repeatedly establishing and abandoning GSS authentication contexts.

Weakness: CWE-772.

Severity

7.5 high

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

Exploited (CISA KEV)

Not listed

CISA lists confirmed exploitation only

EPSS, next 30 days

0.73%

Higher than 55% of scored CVEs

How it can be exploited

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Affected products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Hardened Images. NVD's record lists the exact affected versions.

References

Questions

Is CVE-2026-112320 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 2026-11-11. FIRST's EPSS estimates a 0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2026-112320?

Follow the vendor advisory in the references below. NVD lists the affected versions under its configurations.

From NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and OSV.dev, checked . Status on NVD: Awaiting Analysis. The description is NVD's text, quoted as published.

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