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red-hatCVE-2026-90996

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.

Medium4.0CVE-2026-90996 · Published Sep 14, 2026 · updated Sep 16, 2026

Source advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Vendor
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Vendor
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Vendor
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Vendor
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Vendor
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Vendor
all versionsNo fix yet
all versionsNo fix yet
Details and references

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.

CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity from
no source yet
Weakness
CWE-191

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