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SUSE sssd Important Authentication Bypass & Escalation Fix 2026-3195-1

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2026
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Update addressing critical security issues in SUSE for sssd improves system security and addresses privilege escalation risks.
A security update for sssd addresses two vulnerabilities enabling privilege escalation and Kerberos authentication bypass, applicable to various SUSE Linux products

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 Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-3195=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-3195=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

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References

* bsc#1246196

* 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:

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3195-1
Release Date: 2026-07-22T14:30:59Z
Rating: important

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