CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-116497

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-10-26 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
2026-10-26
Last modified
2026-10-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in gssproxy. When a GSSX_INIT_SEC_CONTEXT request is received with the target_name field absent, the daemon dereferences the resulting NULL pointer and crashes. The request requires no authentication, allowing any local user to crash the gssproxy daemon via its Unix socket. The daemon does not automatically restart, resulting in a persistent denial of service that also affects dependent services such as Kerberized NFS and IdM.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References