Bug 2438715 (CVE-2026-25506)

Summary: CVE-2026-25506 MUNGE: MUNGE has a buffer overflow in message unpacking allows key leakage and credential forgery
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: asoldano, bbaranow, bglick, bmaxwell, brian.stansberry, darran.lofthouse, d.hempston, dosoudil, gmalinko, gotiwari, istudens, ivassile, iweiss, janstey, jgrulich, jhorak, matthew.w.lesko, mosmerov, msvehla, mvyas, nwallace, pberan, pdelbell, pesilva, pjindal, pmackay, ppisar, rstancel, rstepani, s.butcher, smaestri, tom.jenkinson, tpopela, woodard
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OS: Linux   
URL: https://github.com/dun/munge/security/advisories/GHSA-r9cr-jf4v-75gh
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A buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in the MUNGE authentication daemon (munged). In affected versions, a local attacker can potentially leak secret cryptographic key material from the daemon's memory by sending a specially crafted message with an oversized address field. With the leaked key, an attacker could forge authentication credentials to impersonate any user, potentially escalating privileges in systems that rely on MUNGE for identity verification.
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Bug Depends On: 2438832, 2438833, 2438926, 2438927, 2438928, 2438929, 2438930, 2438931, 2438932, 2438933, 2438934    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-02-10 20:03:09 UTC
MUNGE is an authentication service for creating and validating user credentials. From 0.5 to 0.5.17, local attacker can exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability in munged (the MUNGE authentication daemon) to leak cryptographic key material from process memory. With the leaked key material, the attacker could forge arbitrary MUNGE credentials to impersonate any user (including root) to services that rely on MUNGE for authentication. The vulnerability allows a buffer overflow by sending a crafted message with an oversized address length field, corrupting munged's internal state and enabling extraction of the MAC subkey used for credential verification. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.18.

Comment 6 David 2026-02-17 10:54:24 UTC
It looks like this has been patched in v0.5.18 https://github.com/dun/munge/releases/tag/munge-0.5.18 should we expect this to be back ported to RHEL 8.10 which uses v0.5.13?

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-18 12:02:01 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:2918 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2918

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-18 12:57:40 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:2923 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2923

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-18 13:21:45 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:2934 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2934

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-18 14:21:21 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:2949 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2949

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-18 14:59:15 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:2954 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2954

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-19 15:46:43 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:3011 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3011

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-19 16:17:34 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2026:3012 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3012

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-19 16:18:33 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2026:3013 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3013

Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-19 16:43:24 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On

Via RHSA-2026:3010 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3010

Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-23 01:25:38 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:3033 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3033

Comment 18 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-23 01:41:44 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:3032 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3032

Comment 19 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-23 02:07:57 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:3034 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3034