Credential disclosure via cross-host redirects
Published Aug 20, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026
Credential disclosure in Kerberos.io Kerberos Agent before 3.6.26 allows remote attackers to read Hub credentials via cross-host redirects. In machinery/src/cloud/kerberos_hub.go, UploadKerberosHub places Hub keys in custom X-Kerberos-Hub-* headers and sends them with a bare http.Client that follows redirects without a CheckRedirect policy, so Go forwards those custom headers to a different host. Exposure requires control of the configured hub_uri or a redirect reachable from it, such as an open redirect, hijacked Hub, or malicious configuration, and the leaked private key can let an attacker impersonate the device to Kerberos Hub.
Summary
What happened
Credential disclosure in Kerberos.io Kerberos Agent before 3.6.26 allows remote attackers to read Hub credentials via cross-host redirects. In machinery/src/cloud/kerberos_hub.go, UploadKerberosHub places Hub keys in custom X-Kerberos-Hub-* headers and sends them with a bare http.Client that follows redirects without a CheckRedirect policy, so Go forwards those custom headers to a different host. Exposure requires control of the configured hub_uri or a redirect reachable from it, such as an open redirect, hijacked Hub, or malicious configuration, and the leaked private key can let an attacker impersonate the device to Kerberos Hub.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-50192
- Published
- Aug 20, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- Vendor
- Kerberos.io
- Product
- Kerberos Agent
- Classifications
- CWE-522, CWE-200
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 20, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 3.6.26
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