Uncontrolled Recursion in Apache Kerby - CVE-2026-57914

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Uncontrolled Recursion in Apache Kerby - CVE-2026-57914

Published: August 24, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU144682
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-57914
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion in ASN1 parsing in kerby-asn1 when processing a deeply nested ASN1 structure. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted deeply nested ASN1 structure to cause a denial of service.


Affected software

Apache Kerby
IBM InfoSphere Information Server

How to mitigate CVE-2026-57914

Install security update from vendor's website.

Apache Kerby - update to 2.1.2
IBM InfoSphere Information Server - update to 11.7.1.6 Service pack 3

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