CVE-2026-90996

medium

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2478986

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-90996

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-14

Updated: 2026-09-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0011