# CVE-2018-16838: A flaw was found in sssd Group Policy Objects implementation.

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-25 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- \[UNKNOWN\] sssd: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in sssd Group Policy Objects implementation. When the GPO is not readable by SSSD due to a too strict permission settings on the server side, SSSD will allow all authenticated users to login instead of denying access.

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16838
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00042.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00051.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2177
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2437
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3651
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00028.html

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