CVE-2025-11561

HIGH 8.8

Sssd: sssd default kerberos configuration allows privilege escalation on ad-joined linux systems

CVSS Score

8.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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 escalation on domain-joined Linux hosts.

CWE	CWE-269
Published	Oct 9, 2025
Last Updated	Mar 19, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Ceph Storage 7

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Ceph Storage 8

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

All versions affected

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Zavier Lee for reporting this issue.