4.0Medium

CVE-2026-90996Sssd: sssd: denial of service in nss responder via crafted zero-length requests

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Published: (2 months ago)

Description

A flaw was found in sssd. A local unprivileged user could send a specially crafted request with a zero-length body to the Network Security Services (NSS) responder. This could lead to a denial-of-service condition, causing the NSS responder to become unstable or terminate. This vulnerability affects the availability of the system responder.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-191

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

References and patches

CPE matches (NVD) (6)

  • cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:sssd:2.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*