CVE-2014-9422
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-284
- EPSS score
- 2.7% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-9243)
- Published
- February 19, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-9243 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151103.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151437.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00044.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0794.html
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/2015-001-patch-r113.txt
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2015-001.txt(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3153
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:069
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72494
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2498-1
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/6609658db0799053fbef0d7d0aa2f1fd68ef32d8
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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