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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3621

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3621 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
8.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12sssd0, 0, 0
Debian:11sssd2.4.1-2, 2.4.1-2, 0
Debian:14sssd0
Debian:13sssd0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Dec 23, 2021 CVE Published
  • May 10, 2026 CVE Updated
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