Answer in brief
CVE-2026-104042 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in Sssd: sssd: denial of service via out-of-bounds read in pam responder. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 (generic), Red Hat/sssd (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 (generic), Red Hat/sssd (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/sssdgeneric | * | Not reported |
Published upstream
Oct 6, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 6, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 6, 2026
A flaw was found in sssd. A local attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending a crafted Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) request containing a zero-length authentication token to the responder socket. Due to missing input validation, the service attempts to read beyond buffer boundaries when processing the token, causing the PAM responder to crash.
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