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CVE-2026-104112: Missing release of passed file descriptors in illumos nscd allows local users to exhaust kernel memory

MediumCVSS 6.8 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 27/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.11% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: illumos illumos-gate af810a72c09944e884ec695e8dbf1702a4f424ae; OmniOS OmniOS r151054bw, r151056aw, r151058w.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to illumos illumos-gate af810a72c09944e884ec695e8dbf1702a4f424ae; OmniOS OmniOS r151054bw, r151056aw, r151058w or later.

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Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A missing release of resources in the illumos name service cache daemon (nscd) allows a local user to exhaust kernel memory. The nscd door server procedure, switcher() in usr/src/cmd/nscd/nscd_frontend.c, does not close file descriptors that are passed with a door call but not used by the request, and the main nscd door at /var/run/name_service_door accepts passed descriptors from any user in its zone. Because nscd also runs with an unlimited file descriptor limit, an unprivileged local user, including one in a non-global zone, can repeatedly pass a descriptor to its zone's nscd in a door_call() loop, causing the file descriptor table of nscd to grow without bound in kernel memory. This causes a denial of service of nscd and can render processes in all zones on the host unresponsive. The flaw has existed since 2006 (illumos-gate commit cb5caa98), and affects any illumos distribution prior to illumos-gate commit af810a72.

Published
Oct 9, 2026
Updated
Oct 9, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 1th percentile

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Action score

27

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · illumos
6.8
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Versions reported by the vendor

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  • illumos illumos-gate

    • cb5caa98562cf06753163f558cbcfe30b8f4673a and later · before af810a72c09944e884ec695e8dbf1702a4f424aeaffected · gitfixed in af810a72c09944e884ec695e8dbf1702a4f424ae

  • OmniOS OmniOS

    • any and later · before r151054affected
    • r151058 and later · before r151058waffectedfixed in r151058w
    • r151056 and later · before r151056awaffectedfixed in r151056aw
    • r151054 and later · before r151054bwaffectedfixed in r151054bw

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-15449Jul 16, 2026 · TOCTOU double copyin in illumos dld ioctl handling causes kernel heap corruption
    23Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-104114Oct 9, 2026 · NULL pointer dereference in illumos nwamd door handler allows local users to crash the daemon
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-104115Oct 9, 2026 · Stack buffer overflow in illumos reparsed nfs-basic plugin allows local users to crash the daemon
    21Monitor

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
illumos illumos-gateaf810a72c09944e884ec695e8dbf1702a4f424aeVendor (CNA)
OmniOS OmniOSr151054bwVendor (CNA)
OmniOS OmniOSr151056awVendor (CNA)
OmniOS OmniOSr151058wVendor (CNA)

Exploit status

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  1. Published
  2. Fix recordedsame day
  3. TodayNov 13, 2026+35 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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