Sssd: sssd: denial of service via crafted passkey kerberos authentication request
A flaw was found in sssd. A local attacker can trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending a specially crafted Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) request when passkey authentication is enabled. Due to a missing state validation check in passkey Kerberos handling, the PAM responder dereferences an uninitialized pointer and crashes. This failure disrupts authentication services on the host.
Evidence and details
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-104044
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/2/product
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/3/product
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- Not stated in this record
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/4/product
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- Not stated in this record
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/5/product
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- Not stated in this record
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/6/product
- Affected versions
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- Not stated in this record
- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-104044
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Publisher severity
medium
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics