5.5 Medium

CVE-2026-104030 Sssd: sssd: denial of service via out-of-bounds read during passkey parsing

Description

A flaw was found in sssd. This vulnerability allows a local user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by submitting a specially crafted passkey authentication token that lacks null terminators. The authentication service reads past the end of the provided memory buffer, causing the process to crash and disrupting authentication services.

CVSS 3.1 detail

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

Exploitable with local access to the machine, with an ordinary account and without any user action; an attacker can seriously compromise confidentiality, integrity or availability.

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

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#2479429 bugzilla.redhat.com

Timeline

Published October 5, 2026
Last modified November 5, 2026

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