A flaw was found in SSSD. The sss_nss_protocol_fill_initgr() function in the NSS responder pre-allocates reply space for all group entries but does not shrink the packet when groups are skipped, causing uninitialized heap bytes to be transmitted to the client. A local attacker can exploit this to disclose cached directory data and heap layout information from the sssd_nss process.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-109833 advisory.

    A flaw was found in SSSD. The sss_nss_protocol_fill_initgr() function in the NSS responder pre-allocates     reply space for all group entries but does not shrink the packet when groups are skipped, causing     uninitialized heap bytes to be transmitted to the client. A local attacker can exploit this to disclose     cached directory data and heap layout information from the sssd_nss process.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21748-1 advisory.

    Security issues fixed:

    - CVE-2026-68742: insufficient validation in the NSS responder can lead to an out-of-bounds read and a     process crash       when a crafted GETHOSTBYADDR request is sent to the NSS responder socket (bsc#1273922).
    - CVE-2026-68743: insufficient validation in the PAM responder can lead to an out-of-bounds read and a     process crash       when a crafted protocol v1 request is processed (bsc#1273925).
    - CVE-2026-68744: improper memory management in the NSS responder can lead to uninitialized heap memory     disclosure       from the `sssd_nss` process (bsc#1273924).

    Other updates and bugfixes:

    - Add `systemd-tmpfiles` configuration file to populate `/var/lib/sss` with the correct permissions on     transactional       servers (bsc#1274748).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A flaw was found in SSSD. The sss_nss_protocol_fill_initgr() function in the NSS responder pre-allocates     reply space for all group entries but does not shrink the packet when groups are skipped, causing     uninitialized heap bytes to be transmitted to the client. A local attacker can exploit this to disclose     cached directory data and heap layout information from the sssd_nss process. (CVE-2026-68744)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
347017	Unity Linux 20.1070-8ae / 20.1070e Security Update: sssd (UTSA-2026-109833)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	Local	low
343953	openSUSE 16: libipa_hbac-devel / libipa_hbac0 / libnfsidmap-sss / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:21748-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
331863	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-68744	Nessus	Misc.	Local	low

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