CVE-2018-20217
A Reachable Assertion issue was discovered in the KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.17. If an attacker can obtain a krbtgt ticket using an older encryption type (single-DES, triple-DES, or
02 Description
A Reachable Assertion issue was discovered in the KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.17. If an attacker can obtain a krbtgt ticket using an older encryption type (single-DES, triple-DES, or
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
- 1.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 72.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- 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
- 2018-12-26 20:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 11:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-12-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-617Reachable AssertionBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 75a1fdb432d8a6f3cdcf07555d585ddfcffd486fedad0b0e2468684148f6aa2f
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2018-7db7ccda4dhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2KNHELH4YHNT6H2ESJWX2UIDXLBNGB2O/
- krbdev.mit.eduhttp://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8763
- github.comhttps://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/5e6d1796106df8ba6bc1973ee0917c170d929086
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190125 [SECURITY] [DLA 1643-1] krb5 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00020.html
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190416-0006/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210930 [SECURITY] [DLA 2771-1] krb5 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00019.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- krb5 Fixed in 1.16.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- krb5 Fixed in 1.16.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- krb5 Fixed in 1.16.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- krb5 Fixed in 1.16-2ubuntu0.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- krb5 Fixed in 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.4+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- krb5 Fixed in 1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2+esm3Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.