What is CVE-2018-16838?

CVE-2018-16838 is a medium-severity vulnerability in [Unknown] Sssd, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-03-25.

How severe is CVE-2018-16838?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in [Unknown] Sssd

CVE-2018-16838

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.

EPSS: 0.011 (62.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16838?: CVE-2018-16838 is a medium-severity vulnerability in [Unknown] Sssd, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-16838?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.