Medium, CVSS 6.5MavenAmendedPublished
Apache Kerby vulnerable to denial of service
CVE-2026-57914 · GHSA-x6vc-x4v4-hjhr
- Affected
- Maven org.apache.kerby:kerby-asn1 < 2.1.2
- Fixed in
- 2.1.2· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- By sending a deeply nested ASN1 structure to a Apache Kerby client or service, it's possible to trigger a StackOverFlow Exception which can lead to denial of service issues. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.1.2, which fixes this issue.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 2.1.2 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.