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CVE-2021-3621

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Published: Dec 23, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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8.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

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 (13)

2 products
Sssd
Fedora
6 products
Enterprise Linux
Enterprise Linux Eus
Enterprise Linux Server Aus
Enterprise Linux Server Tus
Virtualization
Virtualization Host
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 2.6.0
Configuration B
11 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Redhat
Version 6.0
Version 7.0
Version 8.0
Redhat
Version 8.1
Version 8.2
Redhat
Version 8.2
Version 8.4
Redhat
Version 8.2
Version 8.4
Version 4.0
Version 4.0
Configuration C
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 34

References (7)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release NotesThird Party Advisory

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