CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-6245

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-04-15 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-04-15
Last modified
2026-10-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-805

Description

A flaw was found in the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD). The pam_passkey_child_read_data() function within the PAM passkey responder fails to properly handle raw bytes received from a pipe. Because the data is treated as a NUL-terminated C string without explicit termination, it results in an out-of-bounds read when processed by functions like snprintf(). A local attacker could potentially trigger this vulnerability by initiating a crafted passkey authentication request, causing the SSSD PAM responder to crash, resulting in a local Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected configurations

• fedoraproject sssd • redhat openshift container platform 4.0 • redhat enterprise linux 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux 8.0 • redhat enterprise linux 9.0 • redhat enterprise linux 10.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-805 Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value weakness

References