A flaw was found in SSSD. A local attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted request with an invalid packet length to the autofs responder UNIX socket. This causes an integer underflow and an out-of-bounds memory read, which can crash the responder process and result in a denial of service (DoS).

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If automount map integration via SSSD is not required, disable the autofs responder service: 1. Stop and mask the socket-activated service: ```bash systemctl stop sssd-autofs.socket sssd-autofs.service systemctl mask sssd-autofs.socket ``` 2. If `autofs` is explicitly defined in `/etc/sssd/sssd.conf`, remove `autofs` from the `services` directive under the `[sssd]` section and restart the SSSD service: ```bash systemctl restart sssd ``` Caveats: Disabling the responder prevents SSSD from resolving automount maps. Warning: Modifying these configurations and restarting SSSD will disrupt active automount operations and may temporarily impact identity lookups during the service restart.

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Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:45:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in SSSD. A local attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted request with an invalid packet length to the autofs responder UNIX socket. This causes an integer underflow and an out-of-bounds memory read, which can crash the responder process and result in a denial of service (DoS).
Title Sssd: sssd: denial of service via packet length underflow in autofs responder
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-125
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-06T00:12:24.661Z

Reserved: 2026-10-01T17:22:37.377Z

Link: CVE-2026-104037

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