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CVE-2026-6245
MEDIUM5.5
Description
A flaw was found in the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD). The pam_passkey_child_read_data() function within the PAM passkey responder fails to properly handle raw bytes received from a pipe. Because the data is treated as a NUL-terminated C string without explicit termination, it results in an out-of-bounds read when processed by functions like snprintf(). A local attacker could potentially trigger this vulnerability by initiating a crafted passkey authentication request, causing the SSSD PAM responder to crash, resulting in a local Denial of Service (DoS).
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score5.5
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack VectorLOCAL
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
Published4/15/2026
Last Modified4/17/2026
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-805
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6245(secalert@redhat.com)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2457954(secalert@redhat.com)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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