A flaw was found in SSSD (System Security Services Daemon). A local attacker with privileges to connect to the PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) responder socket can send a specially crafted protocol request. If the `pam_app_services` configuration is enabled and the service item is omitted from the request, a NULL pointer dereference can occur. This vulnerability leads to a denial of service, causing the PAM responder to crash and disrupt authentication services.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-90995 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479464 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · fedoraproject, redhatNVD modified 2026-10-14 18:05
Affected (CPE criteria) 6
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:sssd:2.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 2
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-90995 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479464 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory