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CentOS 9 : sssd-2.9.9-1.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 314430

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for libipa_hbac.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the sssd-2.9.9-1.el9 build changelog.

 - out-of-bounds read in the sssd (CVE-2026-6245)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the CentOS 9 Stream libipa_hbac package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=110388

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 314430

File Name: centos9_sssd-2_9_9-1_110388.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/13/2026

Updated: 5/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-6245

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_simpleifp, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-sssdconfig, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-idp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_certmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-kcm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-sss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_certmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-polkit-rules, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_simpleifp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-common-pac, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-nfs-idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_nss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-passkey, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libipa_hbac-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_autofs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-sss-murmur, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-winbind-idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_sudo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-libipa_hbac

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-6245