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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)." } ], "affected": [ { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "sssd", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": [ "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "sssd", "defaultStatus": "unknown", "cpes": [ "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "sssd", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": [ "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "sssd", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": [ "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "sssd", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": [ "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": [ "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": [ "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4" ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-104037", "tags": [ "vdb-entry", "x_refsource_REDHAT" ] }, { "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479030", "name": "RHBZ#2479030", "tags": [ "issue-tracking", "x_refsource_REDHAT" ] } ], "datePublic": "2026-10-05T23:50:12.763Z", "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "cweId": "CWE-125", "description": "Out-of-bounds Read", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE" } ] } ], "x_redhatCweChain": "CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read", "workarounds": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "If SSSD automount map integration is not required, disable the autofs responder. 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Note that disabling the autofs responder prevents SSSD from resolving automount maps, and restarting SSSD may temporarily disrupt identity lookups and active automount operations." } ], "timeline": [ { "lang": "en", "time": "2026-05-18T03:32:25.000Z", "value": "Reported to Red Hat." }, { "lang": "en", "time": "2026-10-05T23:50:12.763Z", "value": "Made public." } ], "credits": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "This issue was discovered by Found by AISLE in partnership with Red Hat." } ], "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749", "shortName": "redhat", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-16T10:57:40.247Z" }, "x_generator": { "engine": "cvelib 1.8.0" } }, "adp": [ { "references": [ { "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479030", "tags": [ "exploit" ] } ], "metrics": [ { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "timestamp": "2026-10-06T13:27:40.700175Z", "id": "CVE-2026-104037", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "poc" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3" } } } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-06T13:28:18.966Z" } } ] } }