CVE-2022-41053
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
High risk78th percentile - higher than 78% of all known CVEs
Summary
Denial of Service vulnerability in Windows Kerberos. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the Kerberos service to crash.
Risk Assessment
The risk is that the Kerberos service may stop working, preventing domain authentication, potentially disrupting access to network resources.
Recommendation
Apply the Windows security updates provided by the vendor.
Other vulnerabilities in Windows Kerberos
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Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Kerberos. It could allow an attacker to gain higher privileges in a domain.
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Use after free in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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Double free in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-62754High
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-62752High
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-47288High
Integer overflow or wraparound vulnerability in Windows Kerberos. Allows an authorized attacker to execute code over an adjacent network.
- CVE-2026-42914Medium
A vulnerability in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to cause a denial of service over the network via an out-of-bounds read.
- CVE-2026-42903Medium
A null pointer dereference vulnerability in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to perform a Denial of Service (DoS) attack over a network.
- CVE-2026-20849High
Vulnerability in Windows Kerberos relies on untrusted inputs in a security decision. This allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- CVE-2024-38239High
A vulnerability in Windows Kerberos allows elevation of privilege. An attacker could exploit this flaw to gain higher privileges on the system.
Original NVD description (English source)
Windows Kerberos Denial of Service Vulnerability

