CVE-2024-37371 In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.21.3 an attacker can cause invalid memory reads during GSS message token handling by sending message tokens with invalid length fields.

Api.Msrc.Microsoft • February 18, 2026

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Multiple Vulnerabilities in MIT Kerberos 5 Identified and Published Two vulnerabilities in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) before version 1.21.3 have been identified. CVE-2024-37370 allows an attacker to modify the Extra Count field of a GSS krb5 wrap token, while CVE-2024-37371 enables invalid memory reads during GSS message token handling. Both vulnerabilities were published on June 28, 2024. 2 sources 34

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