Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-60109
Zeek before 8.0.9 contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability in its Kerberos protocol analyzer that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the sensor by sending a crafted KRB_ERROR message with error-code 25 (KDC_ERR_PREAUTH_REQUIRED) containing a PA-DATA element with padata-type 2, 3, 11, or 19. Attackers can exploit a parser and analyzer state mismatch where proc_padata() dereferences an uninitialized pa_data_element field selected by the wrong parsing arm, triggering a crash via a single UDP or TCP packet to port 88 without any credentials or prior authentication.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.005
EPSS Ranking 39.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
Products affected by CVE-2026-60109
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:1.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:2.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:2.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:2.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:2.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:2.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:2.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:2.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:2.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:2.5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:2.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:2.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:2.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:2.6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.0.10
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.0.11
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.0.12
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.0.13
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.0.14
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:3.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:4.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:4.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:4.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:4.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:4.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:4.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:zeek:zeek:4.1.1