CVE-2025-3576
What it is
A vulnerability in the MIT Kerberos implementation allows GSSAPI-protected messages using RC4-HMAC-MD5 to be spoofed due to weaknesses in the MD5 checksum design. If RC4 is preferred over stronger encryption types, an attacker could exploit MD5 collisions to forge message integrity codes. This may lead to unauthorized message tampering.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data tampering.
- Exploit odds
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-328
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.9
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11487
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13664
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13777
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15000
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15001
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15002
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15003
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15004
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8411
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9418
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9430
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3576
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2359465
- https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.22/krb5-1.22.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00047.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-577017.html