CVSS 3.0
8.1 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2015-3206
The checkPassword function in python-kerberos does not authenticate the KDC it attempts to communicate with, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bad response), or have other unspecified impact by performing a man-in-the-middle attack.
Severity
- EPSS
- 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 83% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-287
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apple:pykerberos
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-mffc-9gx5-99g3 | PyPI | kerberos | <=1.2.5 | no fix published |
| GHSA-mffc-9gx5-99g3 | PyPI | pykerberos | <1.1.6 | 1.1.6 |
| PYSEC-2017-49 | PyPI | kerberos | >=0.0 | no fix published |
| PYSEC-2017-66 | PyPI | pykerberos | <1.1.6 | 1.1.6 |