PAC parsing in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.19.4 and 1.20.x before 1.20.1 has integer overflows that may lead to remote code execution (in KDC, kadmind, or a GSS or Kerberos application server) on 32-bit platforms (which have a resultant heap-based buffer overflow), and cause a denial of service on other platforms. This occurs in krb5_pac_parse in lib/krb5/krb/pac.c. Heimdal before 7.7.1 has "a similar bug."
CVE-2022-42898
This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 6.4%, top 7% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 42(Track)EG Risk 42/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity88% × 45%Exploitation6% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 93.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 25, 2022
Last Modified
April 14, 2025
References (22)
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15203
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/security/advisories/GHSA-64mq-fvfj-5x3c
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/ea92d2f0fcceb54a70910fa32e9a0d7a5afc3583
- cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
- cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-06
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0008/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230223-0001/
- cve@mitrehttps://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/
- cve@mitrehttps://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.19/
- cve@mitrehttps://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.20/README-1.20.1.txt
- cve@mitrehttps://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-42898.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15203
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/security/advisories/GHSA-64mq-fvfj-5x3c
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/ea92d2f0fcceb54a70910fa32e9a0d7a5afc3583
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
Patch Availability(16)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | heimdal-clients (1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1+esm3) @ xenial | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | python3-samba (2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) @ focal | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | ctdb (2:4.16.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1) @ kinetic | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | winbind (2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.34+esm2) @ xenial | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | krb5-admin-server (1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2+esm3) @ xenial | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| redhat | krb5-0:1.18.2-25.el8_8 | 2023-06-27 | redhat |
| redhat | redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.5.3-202212070734_8.6 | 2022-12-14 | redhat |
| redhat | krb5-0:1.19.1-16.el9_0 | 2022-11-29 | redhat |
| redhat | krb5-0:1.18.2-15.el8_6 | 2022-11-29 | redhat |
| redhat | krb5-0:1.10.3-66.el6_10 | 2022-11-29 | redhat |
| redhat | krb5-0:1.19.1-24.el9_1 | 2022-11-28 | redhat |
| redhat | krb5-0:1.17-19.el8_2 | 2022-11-28 | redhat |
| redhat | krb5-0:1.15.1-55.el7_9 | 2022-11-28 | redhat |
| redhat | krb5-0:1.18.2-22.el8_7 | 2022-11-28 | redhat |
| redhat | krb5-0:1.17-10.el8_1 | 2022-11-28 | redhat |
| redhat | krb5-0:1.18.2-9.el8_4 | 2022-11-28 | redhat |
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.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2022-428982023-01-06
PAC parsing in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.19.4 and 1.20.x before 1.20.1 has integer overflows that may lead to remote code execution (in KDC kadmind or a GSS or Kerberos application server) on 32-bit platforms (which have a resultant heap-based buffer overflow) and cause a denial of service on other platforms. This occurs in krb5_pac_parse in lib/krb5/krb/pac.c. Heimdal before 7.7.1 has "a similar bug."
- Red HatRHEA-2023:3850IMPORTANT2022-11-15
RHEA-2023:3850 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8637IMPORTANT2022-11-15
RHSA-2022:8637 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8638IMPORTANT2022-11-15
RHSA-2022:8638 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8639IMPORTANT2022-11-15
RHSA-2022:8639 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8640IMPORTANT2022-11-15
RHSA-2022:8640 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8641IMPORTANT2022-11-15
RHSA-2022:8641 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8648IMPORTANT2022-11-15
RHSA-2022:8648 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8662IMPORTANT2022-11-15
RHSA-2022:8662 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8663IMPORTANT2022-11-15
RHSA-2022:8663 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8669IMPORTANT2022-11-15
RHSA-2022:8669 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:9029IMPORTANT2022-11-15
RHSA-2022:9029 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-5800-1MEDIUM
Heimdal vulnerabilities
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Samba vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-5828-1MEDIUM
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- UbuntuUSN-5936-1MEDIUM
Samba vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-7582-1MEDIUM
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