CVE-2020-28196

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, nvd
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 4%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.17.2 and 1.18.x before 1.18.3 allows unbounded recursion via an ASN.1-encoded Kerberos message because the lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_encode.c support for BER indefinite lengths lacks a recursion limit.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EPSS
90.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

November 6, 2020

Last Modified

December 3, 2025

References (28)

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibkrb5support0 (1.17-10ubuntu0.1) @ groovy2026-05-23ubuntu
redhatredhat-virtualization-host-0:4.4.6-20210527.3.el8_42021-06-03redhat
redhatkrb5-0:1.18.2-8.el82021-05-18redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

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  46. 2026-05-23 05:37 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-05-23 05:37 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2020-28196?
CVE-2020-28196 is a high vulnerability published on November 6, 2020. MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.17.2 and 1.18.x before 1.18.3 allows unbounded recursion via an ASN.1-encoded Kerberos message because the lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_encode.c support for BER indefinite lengths lacks a recursion limit.
When was CVE-2020-28196 disclosed?
CVE-2020-28196 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on November 6, 2020, with the most recent update on December 3, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2020-28196 actively exploited?
CVE-2020-28196 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 90.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-28196?
CVE-2020-28196 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2020-28196?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-28196, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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