# Missing release of passed file descriptors in illumos nscd allows local users to exhaust kernel memory

CVE record · `CVE-2026-104112`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-104112`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 6.8 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** illumos
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-772](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/772.html)
- **Tags:** [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md)
- **Technologies:** [illumos-gate](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/illumos-gate.md) · [OmniOS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/omnios.md)
- **Published:** 9 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 9 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: illumos) at 9 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: illumos. Product: illumos-gate.
  - affected: `cb5caa98562cf06753163f558cbcfe30b8f4673a to before af810a72c09944e884ec695e8dbf1702a4f424ae` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `SUNWcs`
  - Collection: `https://illumos.org`
- Vendor: OmniOS. Product: OmniOS.
  - affected: `any to before r151054` (custom)
  - affected: `r151058 to before r151058w` (custom)
  - affected: `r151056 to before r151056aw` (custom)
  - affected: `r151054 to before r151054bw` (custom)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 6.8 Medium, CVSS 4.0: `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`, from CNA (illumos)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0012, the 1st percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 9 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-104112](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-104112)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-104112](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104112)

### References from the CNA

- <https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/developer/T3b859664594b7762/cve-2026-104112-to-cve-2026-104117-denial-of-service-and-missing-authorization-in-door-servers> (mailing-list)
- <https://illumos.org/issues/18494> (issue-tracking)
- <https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/af810a72c09944e884ec695e8dbf1702a4f424ae> (patch)

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