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CVE-2026-104039

MEDIUM
4.7
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A flaw was found in SSSD. A local user can cause a denial of service (DoS) by disrupting system authentication services. When handling Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface (GSSAPI) authentication in the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) responder, cached connection state is freed upon completion without clearing the reference pointer. An attacker can exploit this by sending an additional request over the same connection, causing the service to access invalid memory and unexpectedly terminate.

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.10%probability of exploitation in 30 days
1stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 1% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2024-23638Medium6.560%-Fix
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CVE-2019-15691High7.24.7%-Fix
CVE-2023-48316Critical9.84.3%-Fix
CVE-2026-45447High8.84.0%-Fix
CVE-2023-48315High8.83.9%-Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-104039?

No published fix for CVE-2026-104039 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

Is CVE-2026-104039 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-104039 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.10% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 1% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2026-104039?

CVE-2026-104039 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.7, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-10-08.