CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-104035

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In the Kerberos Credential Manager (KCM) responder in SSSD, the service fails to release cached objects from memory when credentials are removed. A local user can maintain a persistent connection and repeatedly store and destroy credentials, causing continuous memory growth and ultimately exhausting available memory, rendering the service unresponsive (DoS).

Risk Assessment

The risk is that a local user can exhaust system memory, leading to unavailability of the KCM service and other processes, causing system disruptions.

Recommendation

Apply patches from the SSSD vendor. Restrict local user access to KCM services and monitor memory usage to detect abnormal patterns.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in SSSD. An issue in the Kerberos Credential Manager (KCM) responder allows a local user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by maintaining a persistent connection and repeatedly storing and destroying credentials. Because the service fails to release cached objects from memory when credentials are removed, memory consumption grows continuously, ultimately exhausting available memory and rendering the service unresponsive.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS