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sssd — security advisory
A flaw was found in sssd. A local user can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by exhausting the responder service's available file descriptors (system handles used for open connections). By opening and maintaining many concurrent connections to a responder socket while continuing to queue new connection attempts, an attacker can trigger an unthrottled retry loop. This condition leads to high CPU utilization and stalls the service, preventing legitimate identity and authentication requests from being processed.
- Products
- sssd
- Affected versions
- 2.10.1-1, 2.10.1-2, 2.11.1-1, 2.11.1-2, 2.11.1-2.1, 2.12.0-1, 2.12.0-2, 2.12.0-3~exp0, 2.12.0-4, 2.13.1-1, 2.13.1-2, 2.13.1-3, 2.8.2-4, 2.8.2-4+deb12u1, 2.9.1-1, 2.9.1-2, 2.9.2-1, 2.9.4-1, 2.9.4-1.1, 2.9.4-1.1~exp1, 2.9.4-2, 2.9.5-1, 2.9.5-2, 2.9.5-3, 2.9.5-4, 2.9.5-5
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-88252
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 01:24 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in sssd. A local user can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by exhausting the responder service's available file descriptors (system handles used for open connections). By opening and maintaining many concurrent connections to a responder socket while continuing to queue new connection attempts, an attacker can trigger an unthrottled retry loop. This condition leads to high CPU utilization and stalls the service, preventing legitimate identity and authentication requests from being processed.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-88252
sssd
Fixed versions: Not specified
sssd
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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