CVE-2026-90996

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.001 · 2 %ileUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.13% (2nd) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

1 sources

nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.14mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lprimary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 2.5 · impact 1.4

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-191US

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

fedoraproject sssd= 2.12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:sssd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift container platform= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-09-14modified 2026-10-07

references (2) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-90996Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2478986ExploitIssue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory

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