CVE-2026-104031
mediumA flaw was found in SSSD.
Vendor / product: Fedoraproject — sssd
A flaw was found in SSSD. In configurations where the autofs responder service is enabled, memory allocated during successful request processing is not released until the client connection terminates. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by maintaining an open connection and repeatedly submitting valid requests, leading to memory exhaustion and a Denial of Service (DoS).
CVSS
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-06 01:16
Modified: 2026-10-28 14:27
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 16 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-28 14:55 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
fedoraproject / sssd 2.12.0
redhat / openshift_container_platform 4.0
redhat / enterprise_linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-104031
Vendor advisory: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479418
Patch / mitigation: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479418
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-104031 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479418 secalert@redhat.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-28 14:55 UTC · record ↗