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CVE-2019-12098

Published: May 15, 2019Updated: Apr 15, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD MITRE
7.4CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
2.0%
Top 22.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

In the client side of Heimdal before 7.6.0, failure to verify anonymous PKINIT PA-PKINIT-KX key exchange permits a man-in-the-middle attack. This issue is in krb5_init_creds_step in lib/krb5/init_creds_pw.c.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-295

Affected Products

heimdalheimdal project
On-prem
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
backports sleopensuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
leapopensuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
heimdal projectcommercialSecurity Productsaka heimdal
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project
opensuseoss-projectDEOperating Systemsaka opensuse
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
and 5 more affected products View all →

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00026.html
lists.opensuse.org
and 17 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
May 15, 2019
Last Updated
Apr 15, 2026

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