Description
A flaw was found in SSSD's LDAP sudo provider. When the ldap_sudo_search_base option is not explicitly configured, SSSD searches the entire LDAP directory tree for sudoRole objects. An authenticated attacker with write access to any subtree can inject a sudoRole object granting root-level sudo privileges on all SSSD-enrolled hosts.
Problem types
Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
Product status
Timeline
| 2026-04-28: | Reported to Red Hat. |
| 2026-07-07: | Made public. |
Credits
This issue was discovered by Ian Murphy (Red Hat).
References
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-14474
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2496556 (RHBZ#2496556)