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SUSE: sssd Important Privilege Escalation Fix CVE-2025-11561 2026:20019-1

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Calendar Grey January 9, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Discover a security update for SUSE addressing an important privilege escalation issue in sssd software. Update now!
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one fix can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for sssd fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-11561: Fixed default Kerberos configuration allowing privilege escalation on AD-joined Linux systems (bsc#1244325) ## 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 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-119=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-119=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * libipa_hbac-devel-2.9.5-160000.3.1 * libsss_idmap-devel-2.9.5-160000.3.1 * libipa_hbac0-debuginfo-2.9.5-160000.3.1 * sssd-ipa-debuginfo-2.9.5-160000.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE privilege escalation DoS important sssd

References

* bsc#1244325

* bsc#1251827

Cross-

* CVE-2025-11561

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-11561 ( SUSE ): 8.7

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-11561 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-11561 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one fix can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11561.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244325

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251827

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20019-1
Release Date: 2026-01-02T16:58:16Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE privilege escalation DoS important sssd

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