CVE-2021-3621
HIGH8.8EPSS 0.38%sssd - security update
Published: 12/23/2021Modified: 5/10/2026
Description
A flaw was found in SSSD, where the sssctl command was vulnerable to shell command injection via the logs-fetch and cache-expire subcommands. This flaw allows an attacker to trick the root user into running a specially crafted sssctl command, such as via sudo, to gain root access. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/sssdfrom 0, < 2.4.1-2+deb11u1
- Debian/sssdfrom 0, < 1.15.0-3+deb9u2
- Debian/sssdfrom 0, < 2.4.1-2+deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |