Is CVE-2024-26461 being actively exploited?

CVE-2024-26461 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26461?

CVE-2024-26461 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2024-26461

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD

Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /krb5/src/lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-770
EPSS score: 1.1% (66th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2024-23730)
Published: February 29, 2024
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Analyzed

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2024-23730 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 14, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

mit / kerberos 5
netapp / active iq unified manager
netapp / cloud volumes ontap mediator
netapp / h610c
netapp / h610c firmware
netapp / h610s
netapp / h610s firmware
netapp / h615c
netapp / h615c firmware
netapp / management services for element software and netapp hci
netapp / ontap 9
netapp / ontap select deploy administration utility

Certified products that may be affected

4 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

NetApp Volume Encryption (NVE) Appliances running ONTAP 9.14.1 - NetApp, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11475-2024 - active
NetApp Storage Encryption (NSE) Running ONTAP 9.14.1 - NetApp, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11477-2024 - active
NetApp Volume Encryption (NVE) Appliances running ONTAP 9.7P13 - NetApp, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11175-2021 - archived
NetApp Storage Encryption (NSE) running ONTAP 9.7P13 - NetApp, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11174-2021 - archived

References

https://github.com/LuMingYinDetect/krb5_defects/blob/main/krb5_detect_2.md(Exploit)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240415-0011/(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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