4.0Medium
CVE-2026-90996
A flaw was found in sssd. A local unprivileged user could send a specially crafted request with a zero-length body to the Network Security Services (NSS) responder. This could lead to a denial-of-service condition, causing the NSS responder to become unstable or terminate. This vulnerability affects the availability of the system responder.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 4.0 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L- Weakness
- CWE-191
- Assigned by
- secalert@redhat.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-09-14
- Last modified
- 2026-09-16
- Sources
- NVD