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CVE-2026-91926: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-91926cvecve-2026-91926
Published: 09/15/2026 (09/15/2026, 11:49:10 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Description

A flaw was found in gss-ntlmssp. A memory leak occurs in the NTLM target-info parser when a crafted NTLM CHALLENGE message contains duplicated string-valued AV_PAIR entries. The parser allocates memory for each string value but does not free the previous allocation when the same AV_PAIR type appears more than once, leaking the earlier allocation. A malicious or man-in-the-middle server can exploit this to cause gradual memory exhaustion on the client during NTLM authentication, leading to a denial of service.

CVSS v3.1

Score 3.7low

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected software

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
redhat
Date Reserved
2026-09-15T10:53:12.456Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Vendor Advisory Urls
[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-91926","vendor":"Red Hat"}]

Threat ID: 6aa933c155bf5e2cf5c82687

Added to database: 09/15/2026, 12:02:09 UTC

Last updated: 09/15/2026, 12:02:09 UTC

Views: 1

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