CVE-2026-104046

A flaw was found in SSSD (System Security Services Daemon). When Identity Provider (IdP) authentication is enabled, pre-authentication requests retain state in memory without being cleared or timed out. A local attacker can repeatedly initiate authentication flows without completing them, causing unbounded memory consumption. This memory exhaustion can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) by degrading or terminating SSSD authentication services.

CVSS 3.1

6.2CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 5% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-770

Published

2026-10-06

Modified

2026-10-13

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• fedoraproject:sssd
• redhat:enterprise_linux
• redhat:openshift_container_platform

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-104046
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2478662

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