Security Advisory
CVE-2021-3621
8.8
HIGH
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
December 23, 2021
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory