CVE-2026-90995

Discovered by AISLEPUBLISHEDCWE-476

Description

A flaw was found in SSSD (System Security Services Daemon). A local attacker with privileges to connect to the PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) responder socket can send a specially crafted protocol request. If the `pam_app_services` configuration is enabled and the service item is omitted from the request, a NULL pointer dereference can occur. This vulnerability leads to a denial of service, causing the PAM responder to crash and disrupt authentication services.

CVSS Base Scores

CVSS v3.1(Primary)
5.5

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

Affected Products

VendorProductVersionStatus
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10——
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6——
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7——
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8——
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9——
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4——

Credits

  • This issue was discovered by Found by AISLE in partnership with Red Hat.

References