CVE-2017-9732: Secure-Endpoints Kerberised Netcat

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The read_packet function in knc (Kerberised NetCat) before 1.11-1 is vulnerable to denial of service (memory exhaustion) that can be exploited remotely without authentication, possibly affecting another services running on the targeted host.

Affected products

• Secure-Endpoints Kerberised Netcat: before 1.11-1 (fixed in 1.11-1)

Published 2018-12-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.