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[krbdev.mit.edu #9228] git commit

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson via RT)
Mon Nov 9 11:56:59 2026

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Mon Nov 09 11:56:53 2026: Request 9228 was acted upon.
 Transaction: Ticket created by ghudson@mit.edu
       Queue: krb5
     Subject: git commit
       Owner: ghudson@mit.edu
  Requestors: 
      Status: new
 Ticket <URL: https://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=9228 >



Check for keyed checksums in CAMMAC verifiers

In libkrb5's check_svcver() and in the KDC's cammac_check_kdcver(),
return an error if the verifier uses an unkeyed checksum.

CVE-2026-71199:

In MIT krb5 release 1.14 and later (since authentication indicator
support was added), an authenticated attacker can bypass
authentication indicator requirements using an unkeyed checksum in the
CAMMAC authdata container.  Discovered by Claude and Ada Logics, and
by Alejandro Pacheco.

https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/18142c9c3a3c2e16d8469aff342b02a28f0b468c
Author: Greg Hudson <ghudson@mit.edu>
Commit: 18142c9c3a3c2e16d8469aff342b02a28f0b468c
Branch: master
 src/kdc/cammac.c               | 2 +-
 src/lib/krb5/krb/cammac_util.c | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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