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🛡️ CVE-2026-68744 — enterprise-linux

🟢 CVSS 3.3 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-908 NVD
3.3
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A flaw was found in SSSD. The sss_nss_protocol_fill_initgr() function in the NSS responder pre-allocates reply space for all group entries but does not shrink the packet when groups are skipped, causing uninitialized heap bytes to be transmitted to the client. A local attacker can exploit this to disclose cached directory data and heap layout information from the sssd_nss process.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-68744 is classified as CWE-908: Use of Uninitialized Resource. A resource is read before being initialised, so its contents are whatever was left there.

Affected software

CVE-2026-68744 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • enterprise-linux
  • openshift-container-platform
  • sssd

Timeline and source

Published on 4 August 2026 and last revised on 18 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com

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Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-908: Use of Uninitialized Resource) in other software:

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 3.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-908
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-08-04
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-18
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
enterprise-linux
openshift-container-platform
sssd

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