Security context
What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.
02strich/pykerberos
master @ 17aeaef
1
Fixes
0
CVEs
MEDIUM
Peak severity
Highlights
Memory Corruption: 1 prior fix. Scrutinize any change in this area.
src/kerberosgss.c: most-fixed (1 issue). Treat as high-risk during review.
0 high-severity fixes in this history; regressions here are high-impact.
Recurring patterns
The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.
Memory Corruption: Inadequate resource cleanup of GSS target names during authentication steps can lead to severe memory and resource exhaustion, potentially destabilizing the daemon or application wrapping the Kerberos library. Ensure all allocated GSS structures are bound to a scope that guarantees destruction on all exit paths.