Medium severity · published Oct 5, 2026
CVE-2026-104030
Sssd: sssd: denial of service via out-of-bounds read during passkey parsing
5.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
7.0; 8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
OC
Openshift Container Platform · Redhat
4.0 · source: NVD
SS
Sssd · Fedoraproject
2.12.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104030
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-104030
vdb-entry
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-104030
issue-tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479429
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