CVE-2026-104033

Sssd: sssd: access control bypass via improper ldap shadow expiration check

Published Oct 6, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in SSSD. When configured to enforce account expiration using LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) shadow attributes, SSSD fails to treat an expiration value of zero as an expired account. A user with valid credentials for an expired account can exploit this flaw to bypass access controls and authenticate to the system. This allows unauthorized access to persist after the account was intended to be deactivated.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Until a fix is available, deployments using SSSD's LDAP shadow-based expiration (access_provider = ldap with ldap_access_order including expire and ldap_account_expire_policy = shadow) should not rely on shadowExpire=0 to expire accounts. Set the shadowExpire attribute to a positive past day value so that SSSD correctly treats the account as expired, or enforce account disablement or expiration through directory-side controls that do not depend solely on this client-side SSSD check. If SSSD has cached the affected account's attributes, invalidate the cached entry (for example with sss_cache -u <username>) or restart the sssd service so the updated directory values take effect; note that restarting the service or clearing cached data can briefly interrupt active authentication sessions on the host.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:5
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat openshift Container Platform
Sssd
Sssd sssd
Vendors & Products Redhat openshift Container Platform
Sssd
Sssd sssd
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in SSSD. When configured to enforce account expiration using LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) shadow attributes, SSSD fails to treat an expiration value of zero as an expired account. A user with valid credentials for an expired account can exploit this flaw to bypass access controls and authenticate to the system. This allows unauthorized access to persist after the account was intended to be deactivated.
Title Sssd: sssd: access control bypass via improper ldap shadow expiration check
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-193
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Nov 5, 2026, 3:52 PM
Reserved
Oct 1, 2026, 5:21 PM
Status
Undergoing Analysis
Published
Oct 6, 2026, 1:16 AM
Modified
Nov 5, 2026, 4:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 5, 2026, 11:29 PM