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Fedora 45 : sssd (2026-8fad0036a5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 326286

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 45 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-8fad0036a5 advisory.

 Automatic update for sssd-2.13.1-3.fc45.

 ##### **Changelog**

 ```
 * Wed Jul 8 2026 Sumit Bose <[email protected]> - 2.13.1-3
 - CVE fixes: CVE-2026-12610 CVE-2026-14474 CVE-2026-14476
 - rhbz#2494777: CVE-2026-12610 sssd: Use-after-free crash in SSSD' 'sssd_pam' process
 - rhbz#2497650: CVE-2026-14476 sssd: sssd: GPO cache path traversal via unsanitized gPCFileSysPath allows Kerberos authentication bypass
 - rhbz#2497651: CVE-2026-14474 sssd: sssd: sudo LDAP provider searches entire directory tree for sudoRole objects by default, enabling privilege escalation

 ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected sssd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-8fad0036a5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 326286

File Name: fedora_2026-8fad0036a5.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/10/2026

Updated: 7/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.14

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-14474

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:45, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:sssd

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-12610, CVE-2026-14474, CVE-2026-14476