CVE-2002-1226

Unknown vulnerabilities in Heimdal before 0.5 with unknown impact, possibly in the (1) kadmind and (2) kdc servers, may allow remote or local attackers to gain root or other access, but not via buffer overflows (CVE-2002-1225).

Published: 2002-10-28 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1226 is rated Moderate Risk (60.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.42%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1226

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.77% 0.42% -0.35%
2 2025-03-29 0.43% 0.77% +0.34%
3 2024-12-17 0.43%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1226

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1226

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-1226

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2002-1226 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (heimdal), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1226

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1226

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kth heimdal 0.3e cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.3e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kth heimdal 0.4a cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kth heimdal 0.4b cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.4b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kth heimdal 0.4c cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.4c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kth heimdal 0.4d cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.4d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kth heimdal 0.4e cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.4e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1226

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