Red Hat Enterprise Linux/OpenShift Container Platform System Security Service Daemon pam_passkey_child_read_data buffer access with incorrect length value

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift Container Platform. The affected element is the function pam_passkey_child_read_data of the component System Security Service Daemon. Executing a manipulation can lead to buffer access with incorrect length value. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-6245. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift Container Platform (affected version not known). This vulnerability affects the function pam_passkey_child_read_data of the component System Security Service Daemon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer access with incorrect length value vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-805. The product uses a sequential operation to read or write a buffer, but it uses an incorrect length value that causes it to access memory that is outside of the bounds of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

A flaw was found in the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD). The pam_passkey_child_read_data() function within the PAM passkey responder fails to properly handle raw bytes received from a pipe. Because the data is treated as a NUL-terminated C string without explicit termination, it results in an out-of-bounds read when processed by functions like snprintf(). A local attacker could potentially trigger this vulnerability by initiating a crafted passkey authentication request, causing the SSSD PAM responder to crash, resulting in a local Denial of Service (DoS).

The advisory is available at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-6245 since 04/13/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/16/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Operating System

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• Red Hat

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• Enterprise Linux
• OpenShift Container Platform

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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