{"id":"CVE-2026-90996","summary":"Sssd: sssd: denial of service in nss responder via crafted zero-length requests","details":"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.","modified":"2026-10-09T02:49:26.300558896Z","published":"2026-09-14T15:55:42.351Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"redhat","cwe_ids":["CWE-191"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/90xxx/CVE-2026-90996.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-90996"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/90xxx/CVE-2026-90996.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90996"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2478986"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/sssd/sssd","events":[{"introduced":"1a1cf163b78ff4768cc8bfc1e631171bc021e2fe"},{"last_affected":"1a1cf163b78ff4768cc8bfc1e631171bc021e2fe"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"2.12.0"},{"last_affected":"2.12.0"}],"source":"CPE_STRING","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:sssd:2.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}],"versions":["2.12.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90996.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"}]}