CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-104039

MediumCVSS 4.7
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A flaw was found in SSSD's GSSAPI authentication handling in the PAM responder, where cached connection state is freed without clearing the reference pointer. A local user can send an additional request over the same connection, causing the service to access invalid memory and terminate unexpectedly.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can crash authentication services, causing a Denial of Service (DoS) and disrupting login on the host.

Recommendation

Update SSSD to a version with the fix for clearing the connection state reference pointer in GSSAPI handling. Restrict local access to the PAM responder socket.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in SSSD. A local user can cause a denial of service (DoS) by disrupting system authentication services. When handling Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface (GSSAPI) authentication in the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) responder, cached connection state is freed upon completion without clearing the reference pointer. An attacker can exploit this by sending an additional request over the same connection, causing the service to access invalid memory and unexpectedly terminate.

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