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high 7.1

CVE-2023-3758 json

Sssd: race condition during authorization leads to gpo policies functioning inconsistently

published 2024-04-18 2 y ago modified 2026-11-07 44 h ago also EUVD-2023-44393

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A race condition flaw was found in sssd where the GPO policy is not consistently applied for authenticated users. This may lead to improper authorization issues, granting or denying access to resources inappropriately.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 0:2.9.4-3.el8_10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support 0:2.6.2-4.el8_6.3
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support 0:2.8.2-4.el8_8.2
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 0:2.9.4-6.el9_4
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support 0:2.6.2-4.el9_0.3
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support 0:2.8.2-5.el9_2.4
  • Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 0:2.6.2-4.el8_6.3
  • sssd Debian 12 2.8.2-4+deb12u1
  • sssd Debian 14, Debian 13 2.9.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3758

  • sssd Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.2.3-3ubuntu0.13
  • sssd Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.6.3-1ubuntu3.3
  • sssd Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 2.9.4-1.1ubuntu6.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3758

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • sssd RHEL 8 2.9.4-3.el8_10
  • sssd-ad RHEL 8 2.9.4-3.el8_10
  • sssd-idp RHEL 8 2.9.4-3.el8_10
  • sssd-ipa RHEL 8 2.9.4-3.el8_10
  • sssd-kcm RHEL 8 2.9.4-3.el8_10
  • sssd-dbus RHEL 8 2.9.4-3.el8_10
  • sssd-krb5 RHEL 8 2.9.4-3.el8_10
  • sssd-ldap RHEL 8 2.9.4-3.el8_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:3270RHSA-2024:2571RHSA-2024:1920RHSA-2024:1922RHSA-2024:1921RHSA-2024:1919

  • sssd Linux Micro 6.0 2.8.2-6.1
  • sssd SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 2.9.3-150600.3.3.1
  • sssd SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Micro 5.5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 2.5.2-150500.10.17.1
  • sssd SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +7 more 2.5.2-150400.4.27.1
  • sssd SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.16.1-7.61.1
  • sssd SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.2 +3 more 1.16.1-150300.23.43.1
  • sssd SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS 1.16.1-150200.17.32.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20131-1SUSE-SU-2024:1941-1SUSE-SU-2024:1579-1SUSE-SU-2024:1578-1SUSE-SU-2024:1577-1SUSE-SU-2024:1563-1

  • sssd AlmaLinux 8 2.9.4-3.el8_10
  • sssd-ad AlmaLinux 8 2.9.4-3.el8_10
  • sssd-idp AlmaLinux 8 2.9.4-3.el8_10
  • sssd-ipa AlmaLinux 8 2.9.4-3.el8_10
  • sssd-kcm AlmaLinux 8 2.9.4-3.el8_10
  • sssd-dbus AlmaLinux 8 2.9.4-3.el8_10
  • sssd-krb5 AlmaLinux 8 2.9.4-3.el8_10
  • sssd-ldap AlmaLinux 8 2.9.4-3.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:3270ALSA-2024:2571

  • sssd Rocky Linux 8 2.9.4-3.el8_10
  • sssd Rocky Linux 9 2.9.4-6.el9_4

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:3270RLSA-2024:2571

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-3758 updated cvss 7.1

sssd: Race condition during authorization leads to GPO policies functioning inconsistently

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 sssd, sssd-ad, sssd-ipa, sssd-dbus, sssd-krb5, sssd-ldap, +19 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 sssd, sssd-ad, sssd-ipa, sssd-kcm, sssd-dbus, sssd-krb5, +24 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6) sssd-debuginfo 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, sssd-debugsource 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, sssd-ad-debuginfo 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, sssd-ipa-debuginfo 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, sssd-kcm-debuginfo 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, sssd-dbus-debuginfo 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1921
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.8) sssd-debuginfo 2.8.2-4.el8_8.2, sssd-debugsource 2.8.2-4.el8_8.2, sssd-ad-debuginfo 2.8.2-4.el8_8.2, sssd-idp-debuginfo 2.8.2-4.el8_8.2, sssd-ipa-debuginfo 2.8.2-4.el8_8.2, sssd-kcm-debuginfo 2.8.2-4.el8_8.2, +23 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1922
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.0) sssd-debuginfo 2.6.2-4.el9_0.3, sssd-debugsource 2.6.2-4.el9_0.3, sssd-ad-debuginfo 2.6.2-4.el9_0.3, sssd-ipa-debuginfo 2.6.2-4.el9_0.3, sssd-kcm-debuginfo 2.6.2-4.el9_0.3, sssd-dbus-debuginfo 2.6.2-4.el9_0.3, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1919
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.2) sssd-debuginfo 2.8.2-5.el9_2.4, sssd-debugsource 2.8.2-5.el9_2.4, sssd-ad-debuginfo 2.8.2-5.el9_2.4, sssd-idp-debuginfo 2.8.2-5.el9_2.4, sssd-ipa-debuginfo 2.8.2-5.el9_2.4, sssd-kcm-debuginfo 2.8.2-5.el9_2.4, +23 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1920
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) sssd-idp 2.9.4-3.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:3270
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) sssd-idp 2.9.4-6.el9_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:2571
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) sssd-idp 2.8.2-4.el8_8.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1922
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) sssd-idp 2.8.2-5.el9_2.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1920
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) sssd 2.9.4-3.el8_10, sssd-ad 2.9.4-3.el8_10, sssd-ipa 2.9.4-3.el8_10, sssd-kcm 2.9.4-3.el8_10, sssd-dbus 2.9.4-3.el8_10, sssd-krb5 2.9.4-3.el8_10, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:3270
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) sssd 2.9.4-6.el9_4, sssd-ad 2.9.4-6.el9_4, sssd-ipa 2.9.4-6.el9_4, sssd-kcm 2.9.4-6.el9_4, sssd-dbus 2.9.4-6.el9_4, sssd-krb5 2.9.4-6.el9_4, +23 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:2571
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) sssd 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, sssd-ad 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, sssd-ipa 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, sssd-kcm 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, sssd-dbus 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, sssd-krb5 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1921
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8) sssd 2.8.2-4.el8_8.2, sssd-ad 2.8.2-4.el8_8.2, sssd-ipa 2.8.2-4.el8_8.2, sssd-kcm 2.8.2-4.el8_8.2, sssd-dbus 2.8.2-4.el8_8.2, sssd-krb5 2.8.2-4.el8_8.2, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1922
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0) sssd 2.6.2-4.el9_0.3, sssd-ad 2.6.2-4.el9_0.3, sssd-ipa 2.6.2-4.el9_0.3, sssd-kcm 2.6.2-4.el9_0.3, sssd-dbus 2.6.2-4.el9_0.3, sssd-krb5 2.6.2-4.el9_0.3, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1919
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2) sssd 2.8.2-5.el9_2.4, sssd-ad 2.8.2-5.el9_2.4, sssd-ipa 2.8.2-5.el9_2.4, sssd-kcm 2.8.2-5.el9_2.4, sssd-dbus 2.8.2-5.el9_2.4, sssd-krb5 2.8.2-5.el9_2.4, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1920
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) sssd-debuginfo 2.9.4-3.el8_10, sssd-debugsource 2.9.4-3.el8_10, sssd-ad-debuginfo 2.9.4-3.el8_10, sssd-idp-debuginfo 2.9.4-3.el8_10, sssd-ipa-debuginfo 2.9.4-3.el8_10, sssd-kcm-debuginfo 2.9.4-3.el8_10, +23 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:3270
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) sssd-debuginfo 2.9.4-6.el9_4, sssd-debugsource 2.9.4-6.el9_4, sssd-ad-debuginfo 2.9.4-6.el9_4, sssd-idp-debuginfo 2.9.4-6.el9_4, sssd-ipa-debuginfo 2.9.4-6.el9_4, sssd-kcm-debuginfo 2.9.4-6.el9_4, +24 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:2571
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 sssd 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, sssd-ad 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, sssd-ipa 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, sssd-kcm 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, sssd-dbus 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, sssd-krb5 2.6.2-4.el8_6.3, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1921

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/pull/7302 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADP 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

Sources

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