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SUSE sssd Important Privilege Escalation Auth Bypass Vuln 2026-3041-1

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Calendar Grey July 15, 2026
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This SUSE security advisory addresses important vulnerabilities affecting sssd that could lead to privilege escalation and authentication bypass.
SUSE has released an important security update for sssd addressing two vulnerabilities that may enable privilege escalation and Kerberos authentication bypass, impacting several SU...

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: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-3041=1 ## Package List: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * libsss_nss_idmap0-debuginfo-2.10.2-150700.9.34.1 * libsss_simpleifp-devel-2.10.2-150700.9.34.1

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References

* bsc#1270708

* bsc#1270709

Cross-

* 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:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

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

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3041-1
Release Date: 2026-07-15T11:49:01Z
Rating: important

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