Kron PAM up to 3.6 allocation of resources

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Kron PAM up to 3.6. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to allocation of resources. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-5253. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kron PAM up to 3.6 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Kron Technologies Kron PAM allows HTTP DoS. This issue affects Kron PAM: before 3.7.

The weakness was published by Taha Yildirim. It is possible to read the advisory at usom.gov.tr. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-5253 since 05/27/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Allocation of resources
CWE: CWE-770 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PAM 3.7

Timelineinfo

05/27/2025 CVE reserved
07/25/2025 +59 days Advisory disclosed
07/25/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/05/2026 +315 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: usom.gov.tr
Researcher: Taha Yildirim
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-5253 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-5253
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-317615

Entryinfo

Created: 07/25/2025 15:30
Updated: 06/05/2026 19:05
Changes: 07/25/2025 15:30 (63), 06/05/2026 19:05 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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