Check-password insecure issue in ccs-pykerberos library

Is there any workaround for fixing the following issue or any alternative to the kerberos library?

The python-kerberos checkPassword() method is badly insecure. It does a kinit (AS-REQ) to ask a KDC for a TGT for the given user principal, and interprets the success or failure of that as indicating whether the password is correct:

• Security issue: checkPassword is insecure
• Link to CVE entry about this security issue: cve

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