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Rocky Linux 8 RLSA-2026-16801 Critical Service Disruption Issue Identified

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Calendar Grey May 14, 2026
Rockylinux Esm H88
Stay informed about an important krb5 security update for Rocky Linux 8 addressing potential denial of service attacks.
Important: krb5 security update

Summary

An update is available for krb5. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list


Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue important kerberos rocky linux

RPMs

krb5-devel-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

krb5-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.src.rpm

krb5-debuginfo-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

krb5-debuginfo-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.i686.rpm

krb5-debuginfo-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

krb5-debugsource-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

krb5-debugsource-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.i686.rpm

krb5-debugsource-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

krb5-devel-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

krb5-devel-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.i686.rpm

krb5-devel-debuginfo-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

krb5-devel-debuginfo-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.i686.rpm

krb5-devel-debuginfo-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

krb5-libs-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

krb5-libs-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.i686.rpm

krb5-libs-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

krb5-libs-debuginfo-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

krb5-libs-debuginfo-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.i686.rpm

krb5-libs-debuginfo-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

krb5-pkinit-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

krb5-pkinit-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.i686.rpm

krb5-pkinit-0:1.18.2-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

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References

No references

CVES

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-40355

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-40356

Severity
important

Name: RLSA-2026:16799
Affected Products: Rocky Linux 8

Fixes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463368

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463370


Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue important kerberos rocky linux

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