{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 3 products.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-88252 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-88252 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-88252 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 6 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-88252 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-88252 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 6 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-88252 exists.\n\nAffected product: Redhat Enterprise Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-88252/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-88252/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-88252","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-88252/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-88252","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-88252","GHSA-qj34-9w8c-jph5","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-88252"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux identity service","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A local attacker can cause a denial of service in SSSD by exhausting file descriptors, triggering a CPU-intensive retry loop that stalls authentication services.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"redhat","cpe":[{"product":"sssd","vendor":"fedoraproject"},{"product":"enterprise_linux","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"openshift_container_platform","vendor":"redhat"}],"cvss":{"score":4.7,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-835","name":"Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition"}],"description":"A flaw was found in sssd. A local user can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by exhausting the responder service's available file descriptors (system handles used for open connections). By opening and maintaining many concurrent connections to a responder socket while continuing to queue new connection attempts, an attacker can trigger an unthrottled retry loop. This condition leads to high CPU utilization and stalls the service, preventing legitimate identity and authentication requests from being processed.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Sssd: sssd: denial of service via responder connection retry loop during file descriptor exhaustion","id":"CVE-2026-88252","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"redhat:enterprise_linux","products":["redhat:enterprise_linux","redhat:openshift_container_platform"],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Business logic in mpp","id":"CVE-2026-88255"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Windows Storage Port Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2026-88226"},"products":["Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10","Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6","Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7","Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8","Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9","Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"],"published":"2026-10-06","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Other in SSSD","id":"CVE-2022-4254","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-02-01"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Auth bypass in sssd","id":"CVE-2012-3462","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-12-26"},{"cvss_score":6.8,"headline":"Sssd: sssd: authorization bypass via cross-domain username collision in hbac evaluation","id":"CVE-2026-104048","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-10-06"},{"cvss_score":6.8,"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-5292","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2015-10-29"},{"cvss_score":6.4,"headline":"Sssd: use-after-free crash in sssd' 'sssd_pam' process","id":"CVE-2026-12610","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-06-30"},{"cvss_score":6.2,"headline":"Sssd: sssd: denial of service via incomplete identity provider authentication requests","id":"CVE-2026-104046","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-10-06"},{"cvss_score":5.5,"headline":"Sssd: sssd: denial of service via memory exhaustion in autofs responder","id":"CVE-2026-104031","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-10-06"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-06","vendors":["Red Hat"]},"summary":"A local attacker can cause a denial of service in SSSD by exhausting file descriptors, triggering a CPU-intensive retry loop that stalls authentication services.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-88252/"}