Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-88252

medium Nessus Plugin ID 363421

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

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. A local user can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by exhausting the responder service's available file descriptors (system handles used for open connections). By opening and maintaining many concurrent connections to a responder socket while continuing to queue new connection attempts, an attacker can trigger an unthrottled retry loop. This condition leads to high CPU utilization and stalls the service, preventing legitimate identity and authentication requests from being processed.
(CVE-2026-88252)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 363421

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_88252.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/6/2026

Updated: 10/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.67

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-88252

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libipa_hbac-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libipa_hbac-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_autofs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_certmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_certmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_nss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_nss_idmap-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_simpleifp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_simpleifp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_sudo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-sss-murmur, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-sss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-sssdconfig, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-sss-murmur, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-sss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-sssdconfig, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-common-pac, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-idp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-kcm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-libwbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-libwbclient, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-nfs-idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-passkey, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-polkit-rules, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-winbind-idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sssd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libipa_hbac-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libipa_hbac-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_autofs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_certmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_certmap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_nss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_nss_idmap-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_simpleifp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_simpleifp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_sudo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-sss-murmur, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-sss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-sssdconfig, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-sss-murmur, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-sss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-sssdconfig, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-common-pac, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-idp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-kcm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-libwbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-libwbclient, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-nfs-idmap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-passkey, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-polkit-rules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-winbind-idmap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-88252

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