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01 Record

CVE-2017-7562

An authentication bypass flaw was found in the way krb5's certauth interface before 1.16.1 handled the validation of client certificates. A remote attacker able to communicate with the KDC could

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base score6.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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02 Description

An authentication bypass flaw was found in the way krb5's certauth interface before 1.16.1 handled the validation of client certificates. A remote attacker able to communicate with the KDC could

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
3.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 87.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-07-26 15:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 16:04Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2017-04-05
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.5)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
  • CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
ad71ff679b8a4dfe74a87ccfdcb3d031dda6021b40fc413b2b7fcb2b815a5c4e

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MITkrb51.16.1—

06 References