CVE-2026-90995

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 36/100
Published: 2026-09-14 Modified: 2026-11-06 First seen: 2026-11-06 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

Description

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

References & Advisories (2)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479464
issue-tracking x_refsource_REDHAT

Bug Bounty Relevance

36 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.14%
Raw Score 0.001350
Percentile 3.1%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00135
2026-11-12
0.00135
2026-11-10
0.00135
2026-11-09
0.00135
2026-11-08
0.00135
2026-11-07
0.00135
2026-11-06
0.00135
2026-11-05
0.00135

Intelligence Sources

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