VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-16838

CVSS score5.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.15%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-03-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-284
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-269

Primary references