# CVE-2025-11561: Sssd: sssd default kerberos configuration allows privilege escalation on ad-joined linux systems

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-09 · Updated: 2026-08-31

## Affected

- sssd: through 2.11.1
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- rhceph/rhceph-7-rhel9: version range not reported
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- sssd: version range not reported
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in the integration of Active Directory and the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) on Linux systems. In default configurations, the Kerberos local authentication plugin (sssd_krb5_localauth_plugin) is enabled, but a fallback to the an2ln plugin is possible. This fallback allows an attacker with permission to modify certain AD attributes (such as userPrincipalName or samAccountName) to impersonate privileged users, potentially resulting in unauthorized access or privilege escalation on domain-joined Linux hosts.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sssd, rhcos, rhceph/rhceph-7-rhel9 or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19610
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19847
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19848
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19849
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19850
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19851
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19852
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19853
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19854
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19859
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20954
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21020
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21067
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21329
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21795
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22256
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22265
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22277
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22529
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22548
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22724
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23113
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0316
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0677
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11561

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