CVE-2014-9422: Mit Kerberos 5

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The check_rpcsec_auth function in kadmin/server/kadm_rpc_svc.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass a kadmin/* authorization check and obtain administrative access by leveraging access to a two-component principal with an initial "kadmind" substring, as demonstrated by a "ka/x" principal.

Affected products

• Mit Kerberos 5: version 1.11 only; version 1.11.1 only; version 1.11.2 only; version 1.11.3 only; version 1.11.4 only; version 1.11.5 only; …

Published 2015-02-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.