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SUSE Linux Micro Important sssd Update Privilege Escalation 2026-22799-1

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2026
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Update for sssd resolves important vulnerabilities, enhancing security against privilege escalation and authentication bypass.
SUSE has released a security update for sssd addressing two critical vulnerabilities, allowing privilege escalation and Kerberos authentication bypass, applicable to SUSE Linux Mic...

Summary

## 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). ## 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-6.0-800=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64) * sssd-debuginfo-2.8.2-8.1 * sssd-ad-debuginfo-2.8.2-8.1 * sssd-dbus-2.8.2-8.1 * libsss_idmap0-2.8.2-8.1 * sssd-2.8.2-8.1 * sssd-ldap-2.8.2-8.1

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References

* bsc#1270708

* bsc#1270709

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* CVE-2026-14474

* CVE-2026-14476

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-14474 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-14474 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-14476 ( SUSE ): 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-14476 ( NVD ): 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

##

* 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=1270708

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:22799-1
Release Date: 2026-07-17T18:43:58Z
Rating: important

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