RLSA-2026:98559: Moderate: sssd security, bug fix, and enhancement update
The System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) service provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It also provides the Name Service Switch (NSS) and the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) interfaces toward the system, and a pluggable back-end system to connect to multiple different account sources.
Security Fix(es):
sssd: sssd: IdP authentication prefix comparison allows cross-user impersonation (CVE-2026-87853)
Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
[RFE] pam: Forward environment variables from PAM client to p11child (JIRA:Rocky Linux-188425)
Spurious warnings about ldapsudosearchbase (JIRA:Rocky Linux-248164)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
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Event History
Frequently Asked Questions
What access does an attacker need to exploit this issue?
The CVSS vector indicates network access, low privileges, no user interaction, and high attack complexity. Exploitation is therefore not described as requiring local access or victim interaction, but it does require some existing low-level privileges.
What is the potential impact if exploitation succeeds?
The issue is described as allowing cross-user impersonation through IdP authentication prefix comparison. The supplied CVSS vector rates confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact as high.
Which Rocky Linux SSSD components are covered by this update?
The listed affected packages include sssd-idp, sssd-dbus, sssd-common-pac, sssd-krb5-common, sssd-tools, and several client, proxy, and Kerberos debuginfo packages. The advisory data does not identify specific affected or fixed package versions.