CVE-2026-68744

LOW

Sssd: sssd: nss responder uninitialized heap disclosure in initgroups reply

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in SSSD. The sss_nss_protocol_fill_initgr() function in the NSS responder pre-allocates reply space for all group entries but does not shrink the packet when groups are skipped, causing uninitialized heap bytes to be transmitted to the client. A local attacker can exploit this to disclose cached directory data and heap layout information from the sssd_nss process.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vdb Entry, X_Refsource_Redhat vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-68744
Issue Tracking, X_Refsource_Redhat issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat
RHBZ#2509761
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2509761

Scores

CVSS v3 3.3
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 0.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-908
Status published
Products (6)
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat/Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Published Aug 04, 2026
Tracked Since Aug 04, 2026