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