What is CVE-2026-104041?

CVE-2026-104041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-104041?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CVE-2026-104041

A flaw was found in SSSD. An unprivileged local user can repeatedly request lookups for nonexistent entries through the Name Service Switch (NSS) responder. Because the negative cache does not limit the total number of stored entries and only removes expired records when an existing key is rechecked, the cache can grow without bound. This behavior can lead to memory exhaustion, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) as the responder becomes unresponsive or terminates.

Published 2026-10-06 · last modified 2026-10-06.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-104041 (vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-104041?: CVE-2026-104041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-104041?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.