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openSUSE 2026-3139-1 sssd Important Privilege Escalation and Bypass

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Calendar Grey July 21, 2026
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This important update for openSUSE addresses critical issues in sssd. Install the security fix for enhanced protection now.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for sssd fixes the following issues

* CVE-2026-14474: sudo LDAP provider searches entire directory tree for

sudoRole objects by default, enabling privilege escalation (bsc#1270709).

* CVE-2026-14476: GPO cache path traversal via unsanitized gPCFileSysPath

allows Kerberos authentication bypass (bsc#1270708).

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-3139=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-3139=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-3139=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-3139=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-3139=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-3139=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-3139=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-3139=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* sssd-debugsource-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* libnfsidmap-sss-debuginfo-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* sssd-ad-debuginfo-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* libsss_idmap0-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* sssd-kcm-debuginfo-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* python3-sss_nss_idmap-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* sssd-proxy-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* sssd-krb5-debuginfo-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* python3-ipa_hbac-debuginfo-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* sssd-ldap-debuginfo-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* sssd-krb5-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* libsss_idmap-devel-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* libsss_certmap0-debuginfo-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* libsss_certmap0-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* sssd-kcm-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* libsss_nss_idmap-devel-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* python3-sss-murmur-debuginfo-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* libsss_simpleifp0-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* sssd-krb5-common-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* python3-ipa_hbac-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* sssd-dbus-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* libsss_nss_idmap0-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

* libipa_hbac-devel-2.5.2-150400.4.45.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1246196

* bsc#1270708

* bsc#1270709

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-14474.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-14476.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246196

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270708

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270709

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3139-1
Release Date: 2026-07-20T17:56:06Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

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