OS Command Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package sssd  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-SSSD-11768683
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed23 Dec 2021

Introduced: 23 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-3621  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:14.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sssd package and not the sssd package as distributed by Debian.

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.