CVE-2026-68744

LOWPre-NVD 3.33.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 3.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-08-04. a secondary CVSS source baseline 3.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
3.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 3.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A flaw was found in SSSD. The sss_nss_protocol_fill_initgr() function in the NSS responder pre-allocates reply space for all group entries but does not shrink the packet when groups are skipped, causing uninitialized heap bytes to be transmitted to the client. A local attacker can exploit this to disclose cached directory data and heap layout information from the sssd_nss process.

CVSS v3
3.3
EG Score
3.3(high)
EG Risk
15(Track)
EG Risk 15/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity33% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 4, 2026

Last Modified

August 18, 2026

References (2)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-68744(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
sssd2.10.1-1 ... 2.9.5-5 (47 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
sssd2.10.1-1 ... 2.9.5-5 (23 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
sssd2.10.1-2 ... 2.12.0-4 (8 versions)——

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 33× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-18 16:49 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-18 16:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-18 10:57 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-18 10:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-15 12:10 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-15 12:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-12 13:23 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-12 13:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-09 14:36 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-09 14:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-06 15:50 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-06 15:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-04 16:33 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-04 16:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-04 15:38 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-04 15:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-04 06:30 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-04 05:38 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-04 05:38 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-68744?
CVE-2026-68744 is a low vulnerability published on August 4, 2026. A flaw was found in SSSD. The sssnssprotocolfillinitgr() function in the NSS responder pre-allocates reply space for all group entries but does not shrink the packet when groups are skipped, causing uninitialized heap bytes to be transmitted to the client. A local attacker can exploit this to…
When was CVE-2026-68744 disclosed?
CVE-2026-68744 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 4, 2026, with the most recent update on August 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-68744 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-68744 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 99.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-68744?
CVE-2026-68744 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-68744?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-68744, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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