CVE-2018-10852

LOW
3.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 26, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:34 AM UTC
5 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux Server

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Severity
LOW3.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

The UNIX pipe which sudo uses to contact SSSD and read the available sudo rules from SSSD has too wide permissions, which means that anyone who can send a message using the same raw protocol that sudo and SSSD use can read the sudo rules available for any user. This affects versions of SSSD before 1.16.3.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.16.31.16.3
Affected range stops below 1.16.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104547
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3158
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10852
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00019.html

CVSS

3.8LOWredhat
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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