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CVE-2014-5351
The kadm5_randkey_principal_3 function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13 sends old keys…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 2.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The kadm5_randkey_principal_3 function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13 sends old keys in a response to a -randkey -keepold request, which allows remote authenticated users to forge tickets by leveraging administrative access.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 52 days later
· 52 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 14% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
15
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8018 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1031003 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-2382 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180131 [SECURITY] [DLA 1265-1] krb5 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0255 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0477.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0290 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1145425 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2014:224 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- GLSA-201412-53 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-2498-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 70380 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- kerberos-cve20145351-sec-bypass(97028) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/af0ed4df4dfae762ab5fb605f5a0c8f59cb4f6ca (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-11940 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-5240 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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