Attack ChainAIDerived
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AccessObtain local low-privilege shell
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ExploitRequest idmap lookup for oversized cached entry
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ExecutionTrigger out-of-bounds write in NFS idmap plugin
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ImpactCrash identity-mapping service / corrupt memory
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, write limits
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires local access with low privileges (CVSS PR:L) on a host running SSSD whose NFS idmap plugin is in use (typically NFSv4 ID mapping via sssd), and specifically depends on the presence of cached user or group name entries that exceed the plugin's destination buffer size - the attacker must be able to request identity lookups that resolve to such oversized cached entries. Limiting factors: no network vector (AV:L, must be local), valid prior authentication is needed, and high attack complexity (AC:H) because the oversized-cached-entry precondition is not guaranteed in default environments; the realistic outcome is a service crash (DoS) rather than reliable privilege escalation or code execution. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity, local-only issue that does not rise to emergency priority. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H, base 5.8) is internally consistent with the description: a local attacker (AV:L) who already holds valid low-privilege access (PR:L) can trigger an out-of-bounds write (CWE-787) in SSSD's NFS idmap plugin, but only under conditions that make it non-trivial (AC:H) - namely the existence of oversized cached user/group entries that the lookup resolves to. The dominant impact is availability (A:H, crash of the identity-mapping service), with only partial confidentiality/integrity impact (C:L/I:L) from possible adjacent memory corruption. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, SSVC decision, or POC was provided in the input; per precedent, there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. The signals are not conflicting - they consistently point to a local DoS primitive rather than a remotely weaponizable RCE. Memory corruption flaws can occasionally be escalated beyond DoS, but nothing in the supplied data substantiates reliable code execution. Net: a legitimate patch-management item, not a drop-everything vulnerability. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged local user on a RHEL host running SSSD with the NFS idmap plugin issues identity lookups (e.g., for NFSv4 ID mapping) that resolve to cached user or group names larger than the destination buffer. The plugin detects the oversize condition but copies anyway, producing an out-of-bounds write that crashes the identity-mapping service and can corrupt adjacent process memory. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data, and the high attack complexity (dependence on oversized cached entries) limits reliability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 06, 2026
SSSD's NFS idmap plugin contains an out-of-bounds write (CWE-787): when a cached user or group name is larger than the destination buffer it is copied into, the size check fires but the copy proceeds anyway. An authenticated, low-privileged local attacker can request identity lookups that resolve to such oversized cached entries, crashing the identity-mapping service (denial of service) and potentially corrupting adjacent process memory; the attack is local-only and depends on the oversized-cache precondition, giving it high attack complexity (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H, 5.8). No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch version is identified in the available intelligence at time of analysis (patch status: no vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis); monitor https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-104036 and https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479057 and apply Red Hat's updated sssd packages for RHEL 6-10 and OpenShift Container Platform 4 as soon as they are published. If NFSv4 string-based ID mapping is not required, disabling it so the kernel mounts use numeric UID/GID values (for example via the nfs kernel module's nfs4_disable_idmapping option, followed by remounting NFSv4 shares) removes the trigger path, at the cost of numeric ownership display on NFSv4 mounts and possible breakage of legacy user@domain semantics. Alternatively, configuring clients to use the legacy rpc.idmapd instead of the SSSD idmap plugin sidesteps the vulnerable code entirely, but sacrifices SSSD's cached identity lookups and its integration with central directory services. Because exploitation requires a local authenticated user (PR:L) capable of driving idmap lookups that resolve to oversized cached entries, reducing local shell access on NFSv4 clients, restricting which accounts may run local processes on those hosts, and constraining directory-side maximum user and group name lengths all shrink the attack surface; none of these fully eliminates the bug, and SSSD/nfsidmap service crashes should be monitored as a detection signal.
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SSSD (System Security Services Daemon) provides the idmap plugin that translates NFSv4 owner and owner_group strings (user@domain, group@domain) into local UIDs and GIDs for the kernel NFS client, replacing or supplementing the legacy rpc.idmapd path. The plugin serves previously resolved identities from a cache, and in that retrieval path it compares the cached name length against the destination buffer but does not abort before performing the copy - a classic out-of-bounds write (CWE-787, closely related to unsafe buffer-copy weaknesses such as CWE-120) rather than a wholly missing check. Because the overflowing copy happens inside the idmap lookup path, the realistic outcome is a crash of the identity-mapping service (CVSS A:H) with limited confidentiality and integrity impact (C:L/I:L) from corruption of adjacent process memory. The assessed vector confirms the flaw is local (AV:L), requires low privileges (PR:L, i.e. an authenticated local user), needs no user interaction (UI:N), stays within one security scope (S:U), and is difficult to trigger reliably (AC:H) because oversized cached entries are not guaranteed in default deployments. The supplied CPE data attributes the vulnerable SSSD packages to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 through 10 and to Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4, which carries RHEL-based packages in its images.
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AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Local, authenticated low-privilege trigger (AV:L/PR:L) dependent on oversized cached entries (AC:H); impact is primarily a service crash (A:H) with limited memory-corruption confidentiality/integrity effects (C:L/I:L).
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CVSS VectorVendor: redhat
DescriptionCVE.org
A flaw was found in SSSD's NFS idmap plugin. When retrieving cached user or group names, the plugin detects if an entry exceeds the destination buffer size but fails to abort before copying data. A local attacker can trigger this vulnerability by requesting identity lookups that resolve to oversized cached entries, resulting in an out-of-bounds write. This flaw primarily leads to a Denial of Service (DoS) by crashing the identity mapping service, and may also corrupt adjacent process memory.
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
Memory corruption occurs when a program writes data beyond the boundaries of allocated memory regions or accesses memory in unintended ways, violating the integrity of the process's address space.
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
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