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CentOS 9 : sssd-2.9.9-3.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 326775

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates for libipa_hbac.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the sssd-2.9.9-3.el9 build changelog.

 - sudo ldap provider searches entire directory tree for sudorole objects by default, enabling privilege escalation (CVE-2026-14474)

 - path traversal in SSSD AD GPO provider allows writing files outside GPO cache directory as root (CVE-2026-14476)

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 CentOS 9 Stream libipa_hbac package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=118207

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 326775

File Name: centos9_sssd-2_9_9-3_118207.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/14/2026

Updated: 7/14/2026

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2026

Reference Information

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