What is CVE-2012-3462?

CVE-2012-3462 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sssd, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-12-26.

How severe is CVE-2012-3462?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Sssd

CVE-2012-3462

A flaw was found in SSSD version 1.9.0. The SSSD's access-provider logic causes the result of the HBAC rule processing to be ignored in the event that the access-provider is also handling the setup of the user's SELinux user context.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2019-12-26 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.9th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Sssd — versions 1.9.0
Fedoraproject Sssd — versions 1.9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3462 (Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
pagure.io/SSSD/sssd/issue/1470 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-3462?: CVE-2012-3462 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sssd, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-12-26.
How severe is CVE-2012-3462?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.