CVE-2026-104031

A flaw was found in SSSD. In configurations where the autofs responder service is enabled, memory allocated during successful request processing is not released until the client connection terminates. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by maintaining an open connection and repeatedly submitting valid requests, leading to memory exhaustion and a Denial of Service (DoS).

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Analyzed - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2026-10-06

Last modified

2026-10-28

Weaknesses

CWE-772

Affected products

• Sssd (Fedoraproject)
• Enterprise Linux (Redhat)
• Openshift (Redhat)
• Openshift Container Platform (Redhat)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-104031
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479418