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CVE-2026-104038

Sssd: sssd: denial of service via missing sid extension in certificate mapping

5.9 Medium

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 profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.27%Unchanged since Oct 6, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.9

Sssd: sssd: denial of service via missing sid extension in certificate mapping

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.

Record
CVE-2026-104038
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-05
EUVDEUVD-2026-92896 5.9

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.

Record
EUVD-2026-92896
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-05
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qr5w-232p-j88j 5.9

A flaw was found in sssd. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (DoS) by submitting a...

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.

Record
GHSA-qr5w-232p-j88j
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 5.9

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.

Record
CVE-2026-104038
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-05
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-104038 5.9

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-104038
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-07
OSVOESA-2026-4592 5.9

sssd security update

Provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It provides an NSS and PAM interface toward the system and a pluggable back end system to connect to multiple different account sources. It is also the basis to provide client auditing and policy services for projects like FreeIPA.

Security Fix(es):

A flaw was found in SSSD's NFS idmap plugin. When retrieving cached user or group names, the plugin detects if an entry exceeds the destination buffer size but fails to abort before copying data. A local attacker can trigger this vulnerability by requesting identity lookups that resolve to oversized cached entries, resulting in an out-of-bounds write. This flaw primarily leads to a Denial of Service (DoS) by crashing the identity mapping service, and may also corrupt adjacent process memory.(CVE-2026-104036)

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.(CVE-2026-104038)

Record
OESA-2026-4592
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVOESA-2026-4593 5.9

sssd security update

Provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It provides an NSS and PAM interface toward the system and a pluggable back end system to connect to multiple different account sources. It is also the basis to provide client auditing and policy services for projects like FreeIPA.

Security Fix(es):

A flaw was found in SSSD's NFS idmap plugin. When retrieving cached user or group names, the plugin detects if an entry exceeds the destination buffer size but fails to abort before copying data. A local attacker can trigger this vulnerability by requesting identity lookups that resolve to oversized cached entries, resulting in an out-of-bounds write. This flaw primarily leads to a Denial of Service (DoS) by crashing the identity mapping service, and may also corrupt adjacent process memory.(CVE-2026-104036)

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.(CVE-2026-104038)

Record
OESA-2026-4593
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2026-4594 5.9

sssd security update

Provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It provides an NSS and PAM interface toward the system and a pluggable back end system to connect to multiple different account sources. It is also the basis to provide client auditing and policy services for projects like FreeIPA.

Security Fix(es):

A flaw was found in SSSD's NFS idmap plugin. When retrieving cached user or group names, the plugin detects if an entry exceeds the destination buffer size but fails to abort before copying data. A local attacker can trigger this vulnerability by requesting identity lookups that resolve to oversized cached entries, resulting in an out-of-bounds write. This flaw primarily leads to a Denial of Service (DoS) by crashing the identity mapping service, and may also corrupt adjacent process memory.(CVE-2026-104036)

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.(CVE-2026-104038)

Record
OESA-2026-4594
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-104038 5.9

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-104038
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:5079-1 No score

Security update for sssd

This update for sssd fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2026-12610: cancelled or completed PAM request while the asynchronous child process is still running can lead to a use-after-free (bsc#1269807).
  • CVE-2026-68742: unvalidated address lengths in NSS responder packet parsing can cause a heap out-of-bounds read (bsc#1273922).
  • CVE-2026-68743: oversized length parameters in authentication requests can cause heap out-of-bounds reads (bsc#1273925).
  • CVE-2026-68744: unshrunk packet allocations during group resolution can allow uninitialized heap memory disclosure (bsc#1273924).
  • CVE-2026-90462: Fail-open in LDAP ppolicy access check allows continued authorization (bsc#1282584).
  • CVE-2026-90463: out-of-bounds read in the NSS service request parsers (bsc#1280360).
  • CVE-2026-90994: out-of-bounds read in PAM v1 parser (bsc#1280361).
  • CVE-2026-90995: NULL pointer dereference in PAM responder (bsc#1280362).
  • CVE-2026-90996: zero-length request body underflow in the NSS responder (bsc#1280363).
  • CVE-2026-92821: access control bypass due to premature LDAP access rule evaluation (bsc#1284326).
  • CVE-2026-104029: denial of service due to out-of-bounds read in autofs responder (bsc#1284314).
  • CVE-2026-104031: denial of service via memory exhaustion in autofs responder (bsc#1284316).
  • CVE-2026-104033: access control bypass due to improper LDAP shadow expiration check (bsc#1284318).
  • CVE-2026-104036: denial of service due to out-of-bounds write in NFS idmap plugin (bsc#1284321).
  • CVE-2026-104037: denial of service due to packet length underflow in autofs responder (bsc#1284322).
  • CVE-2026-104038: denial of service via missing SID extension in certificate mapping (bsc#1284323).
  • CVE-2026-104039: denial of service due to stale connection state reuse in PAM GSSAPI responder (bsc#1284324).
  • CVE-2026-104043: Denial of Service via undersized packet parsing in NSS responder (bsc#1284266).
  • CVE-2026-104045: denial of service via race condition in autofs responder (bsc#1284470).
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:5079-1
Updated
2026-11-03

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
sssd
Debian:12
All versions, plus listed versions
2.10.1-12.10.1-22.11.1-12.11.1-22.11.1-2.1
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2.12.0-12.12.0-22.12.0-3~exp02.12.0-42.13.1-12.13.1-22.13.1-32.13.1-42.8.2-42.8.2-4+deb12u12.9.1-12.9.1-22.9.2-12.9.4-12.9.4-1.12.9.4-1.1~exp12.9.4-22.9.5-12.9.5-22.9.5-32.9.5-42.9.5-5
None known
sssd
Debian:13
All versions, plus listed versions
2.10.1-22.11.1-12.11.1-22.11.1-2.12.12.0-1
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2.12.0-22.12.0-3~exp02.12.0-42.13.1-12.13.1-22.13.1-32.13.1-4
None known
sssd
Debian:14
All versions, plus listed versions
2.10.1-22.11.1-12.11.1-22.11.1-2.12.12.0-1
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2.12.0-22.12.0-3~exp02.12.0-42.13.1-12.13.1-22.13.1-32.13.1-4
None known
sssd
openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2.9.4-30.oe2403sp1
2.9.4-30.oe2403sp1
sssd
openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2.9.4-30.oe2403sp3
2.9.4-30.oe2403sp3
sssd
openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP4
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2.9.4-30.oe2403sp4
2.9.4-30.oe2403sp4
sssd
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
before 2.10.2-150600.3.58.1
2.10.2-150600.3.58.1
sssd
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
before 2.10.2-150600.3.58.1
2.10.2-150600.3.58.1
sssd
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.12.5-21.13.1-21.13.2-11.13.3-11.13.4-1
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1.13.4-1ubuntu11.13.4-1ubuntu1.11.13.4-1ubuntu1.21.13.4-1ubuntu1.51.13.4-1ubuntu1.61.13.4-1ubuntu1.71.13.4-1ubuntu1.81.13.4-1ubuntu1.91.13.4-1ubuntu1.101.13.4-1ubuntu1.111.13.4-1ubuntu1.121.13.4-1ubuntu1.131.13.4-1ubuntu1.141.13.4-1ubuntu1.151.13.4-1ubuntu1.15+esm1
None known
sssd
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.15.3-2ubuntu11.15.3-3ubuntu11.16.0-5ubuntu11.16.0-5ubuntu21.16.1-1ubuntu1
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1.16.1-1ubuntu1.11.16.1-1ubuntu1.21.16.1-1ubuntu1.31.16.1-1ubuntu1.41.16.1-1ubuntu1.51.16.1-1ubuntu1.61.16.1-1ubuntu1.71.16.1-1ubuntu1.81.16.1-1ubuntu1.8+esm1
None known
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
sssd
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.2.0-4ubuntu12.2.2-12.2.2-1ubuntu12.2.3-1.1ubuntu12.2.3-2
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2.2.3-32.2.3-3ubuntu0.12.2.3-3ubuntu0.22.2.3-3ubuntu0.32.2.3-3ubuntu0.42.2.3-3ubuntu0.62.2.3-3ubuntu0.72.2.3-3ubuntu0.82.2.3-3ubuntu0.92.2.3-3ubuntu0.102.2.3-3ubuntu0.112.2.3-3ubuntu0.122.2.3-3ubuntu0.132.2.3-3ubuntu0.13+esm1
None known
sssd
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.4.1-2ubuntu42.5.2-4ubuntu12.5.2-4ubuntu32.5.2-4ubuntu42.6.1-1ubuntu3
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2.6.3-1ubuntu32.6.3-1ubuntu3.12.6.3-1ubuntu3.22.6.3-1ubuntu3.32.6.3-1ubuntu3.42.6.3-1ubuntu3.52.6.3-1ubuntu3.62.6.3-1ubuntu3.82.6.3-1ubuntu3.9
None known
sssd
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.9.1-2ubuntu22.9.1-2ubuntu32.9.2-1ubuntu22.9.4-1ubuntu12.9.4-1.1ubuntu3
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2.9.4-1.1ubuntu52.9.4-1.1ubuntu62.9.4-1.1ubuntu6.12.9.4-1.1ubuntu6.22.9.4-1.1ubuntu6.32.9.4-1.1ubuntu6.42.9.4-1.1ubuntu6.52.9.4-1.1ubuntu6.62.9.4-1.1ubuntu6.72.9.4-1.1ubuntu6.8
None known
sssd
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
2.12.0-1ubuntu52.12.0-4ubuntu12.12.0-4ubuntu22.12.0-4ubuntu32.12.0-4ubuntu4
None known
sssd
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.10.1-2ubuntu52.10.1-2ubuntu72.12.0-1ubuntu32.12.0-1ubuntu42.12.0-1ubuntu5
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2.12.0-1ubuntu5.12.12.0-1ubuntu5.22.12.0-1ubuntu5.32.12.0-1ubuntu5.42.12.0-1ubuntu5.5
None known

History

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In short

CVE-2026-104038 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, published October 6, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 18th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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