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RHSA-2026:24683: Important: krb5 security update

A Denial of Service vulnerability (CVE-2026-40356, CVSS 5.9) in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) is caused by an integer underflow and out-of-bounds read. The article advises applying the Red Hat security update for krb5 on affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 EUS and related variants, but specific version ranges and the exact fixed package version are not provided in the text.
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:24683 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-06-09 Updated: 2026-06-09 RHSA-2026:24683 - Security Advisory Overview Updated Packages Synopsis Important: krb5 security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory. View affected systems Topic An update for krb5 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Description Kerberos is a network authentication system, which can improve the security of your network by eliminating the insecure practice of sending passwords over the network in unencrypted form. It allows clients and servers to authenticate to each other with the help of a trusted third party, the Kerberos key distribution center (KDC). Security Fix(es): krb5: MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5): Denial of Service via integer underflow and out-of-bounds read (CVE-2026-40356) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Solution For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Affected Products Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.6 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.6 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.6 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.6 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.6 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.6 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 9.6 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 9.6 s390x Fixes BZ - 2463368 - CVE-2026-40356 krb5: MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5): Denial of Service via integer underflow and out-of-bounds read CVEs CVE-2026-40356 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. 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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 SRPM krb5-1.21.1-8.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: d3d3b491c2e4d3c7bf658c1183d9816bb4e1d0260faf42b7ff115e5d768eff66 x86_64 krb5-debuginfo-1.21.1-8.el9_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 19be5e72581c04ca7e1fbccd4559aa37b75acfe0da8635b869dcbe025e98ce36 krb5-debuginfo-1.21.1-8.el9_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 19be5e72581c04ca7e1fbccd4559aa37b75acfe0da8635b869dcbe025e98ce36 krb5-debuginfo-1.21.1-8.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 451d1bd5374a13a245435d7d3f747df0bbfa390e5cd978690b1b9c21552e5aff krb5-debuginfo-1.21.1-8.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 451d1bd5374a13a245435d7d3f747df0bbfa390e5cd978690b1b9c21552e5aff krb5-debugsource-1.21.1-8.el9_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 92e0d830bd5bc142b28b8ae95b090a76314b07de34cbb95fc7aab07ea7870e3b krb5-debugsource-1.21.1-8.el9_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 92e0d830bd5bc142b28b8ae95b090a76314b07de34cbb95fc7aab07ea7870e3b krb5-debugsource-1.21.1-8.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a58faf7c4ed655c2f2b7a181dcc37fae62bf800cc3194884af740474e042855b krb5-debugsource-1.21.1-8.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a58faf7c4ed655c2f2b7a181dcc37fae62bf800cc3194884af740474e042855b krb5-devel-1.21.1-8.el9_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: d648cdd23a52fba0e4f94e9d0298c7ea21f428e8908f0f091282247eebe6667d krb5-devel-1.21.1-8.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1e7ff133b6c6fcfd278998c63ed17efd3a51f6d67217384c8f64c1f479874ce3 krb5-libs-1.21.1-8.el9_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: d22970f85a60e0f3fddc8daad02756743f48b3144396fe173766302ed167392f krb5-libs-1.21.1-8.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 94ae9f96520c0db88e1efe4c3f65a30e31be3e52be939417ee0ef124bc9bf482 krb5-libs-debuginfo-1.21.1-8.el9_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: fc42e59bf6b1b6c82eac01badf1c3bdbd4973a400f99ad81e7848e6876e44dcf krb5-libs-debuginfo-1.21.1-8.el9_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: fc42e59bf6b1b6c82eac01badf1c3bdbd4973a400f99ad81e7848e6876e44dcf krb5-libs-debuginfo-1.21.1-8.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8bdd0b08f3e5116fb40ff2da263d53b6fd569692f4c95199b575aaae0c5ae338 krb5-libs-debuginfo-1.21.1-8.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 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