CVE-2026-12610
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CVE-2026-12610 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.4/10 on the CVSS scale. A flaw was found in sssd. When authenticating with a YubiKey, the SSSD PAM responder can crash due to a use-after-free vulnerability, where a memory pointer is incorrectly handled. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A flaw was found in sssd. When authenticating with a YubiKey, the SSSD PAM responder can crash due to a use-after-free vulnerability, where a memory pointer is incorrectly handled. A local attacker could exploit this flaw by manipulating smartcard or YubiKey contents, leading to a denial of service that disrupts authentication. This vulnerability also presents a potential for privilege escalation, although it is difficult to exploit.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Fedoraproject | Sssd | All versions |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 8.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 9.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 10.0 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12610Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2490288Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/issues/8796Issue Tracking, Mitigation
Timeline
- Published
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- Status
- Analyzed
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