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CVE-2021-3621

HIGH CVSS: 8.8 Published: 2021-12-23 Modified: 2026-06-17

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 Platforms

Redhat Enterprise Linux Server TusRedhat Enterprise LinuxRedhat Enterprise Linux EusFedoraproject SssdRedhat Virtualization HostRedhat VirtualizationFedoraproject FedoraRedhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus

Weakness Type

CWE-77, CWE-78

References