CVE-2026-90996

A flaw was found in sssd. A local unprivileged user could send a specially crafted request with a zero-length body to the Network Security Services (NSS) responder. This could lead to a denial-of-service condition, causing the NSS responder to become unstable or terminate. This vulnerability affects the availability of the system responder.

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 2% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-191

Published

2026-09-14

Modified

2026-10-07

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-2026-90996
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2478986

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