4.0 Medium

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

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.

CVSS 3.1 detail

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploitable with local access to the machine, without an account and without any user action; the impact on data or service is limited.

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

Affected products and versions

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Versions not published
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4	Versions not published
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5	Versions not published

References

access.redhat.com access.redhat.com
RHBZ#2478986 bugzilla.redhat.com

Timeline

Published September 14, 2026
Last modified November 6, 2026

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