SUSE: Critical Privilege Escalation CVE-2025-11561 Advisory 2025:21084-1
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December 9, 2025
* bsc#1244325 * bsc#1251827 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-11561
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#1251827) Other fixes: \- Install file in krb5.conf.d to include sssd krb5 config snippets (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 Micro 6.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-527=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64) * sssd-ad-debuginfo-2.8.2-7.1 * libsss_nss_idmap0-debuginfo-2.8.2-7.1 * libsss_idmap0-2.8.2-7.1 * sssd-krb5-debuginfo-2.8.2-7.1 * libsss_nss_idmap0-2.8.2-7.1 * python3-sssd-config-2.8.2-7.1
Topics Covered
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 Micro 6.0
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-2025:21084-1
Release Date: 2025-11-27T11:12:20Z
Rating: important
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