CVE-2024-26458 [Medium] | Information Disclosure in Kerberos 5

CVE-2024-26458 is rated Exploit Available (53.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-03-16	0.15%	0.25%	+0.10%
2	2025-06-15	0.06%	0.15%	+0.09%
3	2025-03-30	—	0.06%	—

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2026-03-16

0.15%

0.25%

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2025-06-15

0.06%

0.15%

+0.09%

2025-03-30

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.3	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:L) Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	3.9	1.4	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

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Severity

Vector

Exploitability

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5.3

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L): Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

3.9

1.4

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-26458

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	unimportant	CVE-2024-26458 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (krb5), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-26458
`redhat`	low	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26458
`suse`	high	CVE-2024-26458 severity important: SUSE including 397 source package names (1.2.3-2.2.132:krb5-1.19.2-150400.3.9.1, 1.2.3-3.2.153:krb5-1.19.2-150400.3.9.1, …), 874 product×package rows across 266 product lines (Container bci/bci-init, Container bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel, … (266 product lines)): Fixed 655, Known Affected 200, Known Not Affected 19.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26458/
`ubuntu`	negligible	CVE-2024-26458 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (krb5), 11 status rows across 11 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 6, needed 3, ignored 1, needs-triage 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26458

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-26458

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
mit	kerberos_5	1.21.2	cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.21.2:::::::*
netapp	active_iq_unified_manager	—	cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:::::vmware_vsphere::
netapp	cloud_volumes_ontap_mediator	—	cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_volumes_ontap_mediator:-:::::::*
netapp	management_services_for_element_software_and_netapp_hci	—	cpe:2.3:a:netapp:management_services_for_element_software_and_netapp_hci:-:::::::*
netapp	ontap_9	—	cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_9:-:::::::*
netapp	ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility	—	cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:::::::*
netapp	h610c_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h610c_firmware:-:::::::*
netapp	h610s_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h610s_firmware:-:::::::*
netapp	h615c_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h615c_firmware:-:::::::*

References for CVE-2024-26458

URL	Tags
https://github.com/LuMingYinDetect/krb5_defects/blob/main/krb5_detect_1.md	Exploit
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240415-0010/	Third Party Advisory

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