CVE-2025-11561Improper Privilege Management in Sssd

Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 83.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 9

Description

A flaw was found in the integration of Active Directory and the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) on Linux systems. In default configurations, the Kerberos local authentication plugin (sssd_krb5_localauth_plugin) is enabled, but a fallback to the an2ln plugin is possible. This fallback allows an attacker with permission to modify certain AD attributes (such as userPrincipalName or samAccountName) to impersonate privileged users, potentially resulting in unauthorized access or privilege esca

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

debiandebian/sssd< sssd 2.12.0-1 (forky)
Debianfedoraproject/sssd< 2.12.0-1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-gj84-8vfx-q3vm: A flaw was found in the integration of Active Directory and the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) on Linux systems2025-10-09
OSV
CVE-2025-11561: A flaw was found in the integration of Active Directory and the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) on Linux systems2025-10-09

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
sssd: SSSD default Kerberos configuration allows privilege escalation on AD-joined Linux systems2025-10-09
Debian
CVE-2025-11561: sssd - A flaw was found in the integration of Active Directory and the System Security ...2025