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CVE-2026-109140

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Description

The vulnerability is that Krill encrypts every login-session token with a nonce built from a counter that is reset to 0 on every Krill restart, so the same (key, nonce) pair is used again after each restart.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.4 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-02 16:17:26.953000
Last modified
2026-11-02 17:17:34.737000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2026-109140",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-02T16:17:26.953",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-02T17:17:34.737",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
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      "value": "The vulnerability is that Krill encrypts every login-session token with a nonce built from a counter that is reset to 0 on every Krill restart, so the same (key, nonce) pair is used again after each restart."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "NLnet Labs",
          "product": "Krill",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0.16.1",
              "lessThan": "*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
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      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Secondary",
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          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L",
          "baseScore": 8.4,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "availabilityImpact": "LOW"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 1.8,
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      }
    ],
    "ssvcV203": [
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        "ssvcData": {
          "timestamp": "2026-11-02T16:12:47.575702Z",
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            },
            {
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            },
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            }
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          "version": "2.0.3"
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  "weaknesses": [
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      "type": "Secondary",
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  "references": [
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      "url": "https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/krill/CVE-2026-109140.txt",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}