Root privilege escalation via directory-wide sudoRole search
Published Jul 7, 2026 · Updated Aug 31, 2026
Privilege escalation in SSSD on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift allows remote authenticated users to gain root via LDAP sudoRole injection. When ldap_sudo_search_base is unset, the LDAP and AD sudo providers search from the domain root with SUBTREE scope instead of limiting results to the intended sudoers container. Exploitation requires delegated LDAP write access to any subtree and lets a crafted sudoRole grant arbitrary sudo privileges on every enrolled host; the IPA sudo provider is not affected.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in SSSD on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift allows remote authenticated users to gain root via LDAP sudoRole injection. When ldap_sudo_search_base is unset, the LDAP and AD sudo providers search from the domain root with SUBTREE scope instead of limiting results to the intended sudoers container. Exploitation requires delegated LDAP write access to any subtree and lets a crafted sudoRole grant arbitrary sudo privileges on every enrolled host; the IPA sudo provider is not affected.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-14474
- Published
- Jul 7, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 31, 2026
- Vendor
- 389 Directory Server
- Product
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
- Classifications
- CWE-1188, T1548.003
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 7, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 31, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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