CVE-2023-3326 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting FreeBSD installations utilizing pam_krb5 without a provisioned keytab. An attacker can exploit this by controlling both the user's password and the Kerberos KDC responses, allowing them to forge a valid ticket-granting ticket and authenticate as any user on the system. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no public exploit code available, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 12.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.0, < 13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.4:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.4:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.