A flaw was found in SSSD's LDAP sudo provider. When the ldap_sudo_search_base option is not explicitly configured, SSSD searches the entire LDAP directory tree for sudoRole objects. An authenticated attacker with write access to any subtree can inject a sudoRole object granting root-level sudo privileges on all SSSD-enrolled hosts.
CVE-2026-14474
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-07. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(high)
- EPSS
- 27.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 7, 2026
Last Modified
July 7, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jul 7, 20262496556 – (CVE-2026-14474) CVE-2026-14474 sssd: sssd: sudo LDAP provider searches entire directory tree for sudoRole objects by default, enabling privilege escalation
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2496556Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-14474(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 37× in last 7d / 48× in last 30d)
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- 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-09 06:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-08 19:06 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-08 19:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-08 15:15 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-07 10:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-07 10:06 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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