CVE-2026-6245 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-6245: Sssd: out-of-bounds read in the sssd

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Weakness CWE-805
Published April 15, 2026
Last update April 15, 2026

CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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).

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 15, 2026 CVE published
April 15, 2026 Record updated