CVE-2026-68742: fedoraproject sssd Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-68742 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in fedoraproject sssd. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 6Timeline
- 03-08-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 31-08-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A flaw was found in SSSD. The sss_nss_protocol_parse_addr() function in the NSS responder does not validate the addrlen field against the remaining packet body size. A local attacker can exploit this via a crafted GETHOSTBYADDR request to the NSS responder socket, causing an out-of-bounds read and process crash, resulting in a denial of service.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.13%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
2%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.04 pp
From 0.09% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Redhat2 products
- enterprise_linuxEOL7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0
- openshift_container_platform4.0
Debian1 product
- sssdAll versions (No fix recorded)
Fedoraproject1 product
- sssdna
Ubuntu1 product
- sssdAll versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 5 products
