MEDIUMVulnerability

CVE-2026-6245

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).

Properties

severity
MEDIUM
score
5.5
cve_id
CVE-2026-6245
vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
published_at
2026-04-15T19:16:38.250
last_modified
2026-08-12T16:24:06.437

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AFFECTS_PRODUCT (7)

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HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value

DESCRIBED_BY (1)

[Source]NVD

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