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SUSE: sssd Important Security Fix for Privilege Escalation CVE-2025-11561

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Calendar Grey November 25, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE's security update for sssd addresses a critical privilege escalation vulnerability substantially improving system security.
* bsc#1244325 * bsc#1251827 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-11561

Summary

## This update for sssd fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-11561: Fixed privilege escalation on AD-joined Linux systems due to default Kerberos configuration disabling localauth an2ln plugin (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: * openSUSE Leap 15.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-4231=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-4231=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-4231=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE privilege escalation important sssd cve-2025-11561

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:

* openSUSE Leap 15.3

* SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

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

installed.

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4231-1
Release Date: 2025-11-25T14:12:14Z
Rating: important

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