CVE-2026-104038

MEDIUM CVSS 3.1: 5.9 EPSS 0.22%
Updated Oct 08, 2026
Red Hat
Parameter Value
CVSS 5.9 (MEDIUM)
Type CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)
Vendor Red Hat
Public PoC No

A flaw was found in sssd. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (DoS) by submitting a certificate that lacks an expected Security Identifier (SID) extension. In deployments configured with SID-based certificate mapping rules, the service fails to verify the presence of the extension before processing it, causing the process to crash during authentication or lookup operations.

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Network
Can be exploited remotely
Attack Complexity
High
Difficult to exploit
Privileges Required
None
No privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed

Impact Assessment

Confidentiality
None
No data leak
Integrity
None
No data modification
Availability
High
Complete denial of service

CVSS Vector v3.1

Vulnerable Products

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