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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-11850"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-06-11T09:49:07.726Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-31T17:33:51.523Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:55.771Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-11850"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-11850.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-11850"
title: "Krb5: krb5: integer underflow in berval2tl_data() leads to heap out-of-bounds read"
summary: "An integer underflow vulnerability was found in MIT krb5 in the berval2tl_data() function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c. The function performs an unsigned subtraction (bv_len - 2) without a prior bounds check. When bv_len is 0 or 1, the subtraction wraps to a large value which is then truncated to uint16_t, yielding 0xFFFE (65534) or 0xFFFF (65535). The subsequent malloc succeeds and memcpy reads up to 65534 bytes from a 0-1 byte buffer, resulting in a heap out-of-bounds read.\nThe attack vector involves a malicious or compromised LDAP KDB backend returning a krbExtraData attribute with bv_len \u003c 2, triggering the underflow when the KDC or kadmind reads principal data."
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