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.
Published: 2026-11-02
Score: 8.4 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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This issue is fixed in 0.16.1 and all later versions.

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Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title Krill login-session tokens reuse their encryption nonce across restarts, so any user who can log in can forge an "admin" token
Weaknesses CWE-323
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: NLnet Labs

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-02T16:12:58.713Z

Reserved: 2026-10-12T11:22:34.614Z

Link: CVE-2026-109140

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-02T16:17:26.953

Modified: 2026-11-02T16:17:26.953

Link: CVE-2026-109140

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-323

    Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption