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Medium 5.5Published Aug 3, 2026

CVE-2026-68742A flaw was found in SSSD.

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects fedoraproject sssd and 2 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

A flaw was found in SSSD. The sss_nss_protocol_parse_addr() function in the NSS responder does not validate the addrlen field against the remaining packet body size. A local attacker can exploit this via a crafted GETHOSTBYADDR request to the NSS responder socket, causing an out-of-bounds read and process crash, resulting in a denial of service.

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-125
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Not given
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Aug 31, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
fedoraproject sssd
fedoraproject:sssd
all versions
NVD
redhat openshift_container_platform
redhat:openshift_container_platform
4.0
NVD
redhat enterprise_linux
redhat:enterprise_linux
7.0; 8.0; 9.0; 10.0
NVD

References

  • vendor-advisory
  • issue-tracking, vendor-advisory

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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