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CVE-2018-16838
A flaw was found in sssd Group Policy Objects implementation. When the GPO is not readable by SSSD due to a too strict permission settings…
Medium5.4EPSS 1.2%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
A flaw was found in sssd Group Policy Objects implementation. When the GPO is not readable by SSSD due to a too strict permission settings on the server side, SSSD will allow all authenticated users to login instead of denying access.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 33% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Weakness
Affected products
References (7)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16838 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1576 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1589 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2177 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2437 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:3651 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00028.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
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