Is CVE-2018-5729 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-5729 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-5729?

CVE-2018-5729 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.7 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-5729?

CVE-2018-5729 has an EPSS score of 2.60% (83th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-5729?

Upgrade krb5 on debian 11 to 1.16.1-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-5729

MEDIUMEPSS 83th pctl

4.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

MIT krb5 1.6 or later allows an authenticated kadmin with permission to add principals to an LDAP Kerberos database to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or bypass a DN container check by supplying tagged data that is internal to the database module.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

krb5Debian

Fixed in:1.16.1-1CVE-2018-5729

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

2.60%probability of exploitation in 30 days

83rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory8

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-21758	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21547	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-3470	Medium	4.3	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44224	High	8.2	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0742	High	7.5	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-1386	Medium	5.0	80%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-05.