CVE-2026-104041

medium

Description

A flaw was found in SSSD. An unprivileged local user can repeatedly request lookups for nonexistent entries through the Name Service Switch (NSS) responder. Because the negative cache does not limit the total number of stored entries and only removes expired records when an existing key is rechecked, the cache can grow without bound. This behavior can lead to memory exhaustion, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) as the responder becomes unresponsive or terminates.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-92911

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2478864

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-104041

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-06

Updated: 2026-10-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00095