CVE-2021-3621

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 23, 2021 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:05 AM UTC
8 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraEnterprise LinuxEnterprise Linux Server Aus

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

A flaw was found in SSSD, where the sssctl command was vulnerable to shell command injection via the logs-fetch and cache-expire subcommands. This flaw allows an attacker to trick the root user into running a specially crafted sssctl command, such as via sudo, to gain root access. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Affected

Remediation

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CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-77CWE-78

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