---
id: CVE-2026-14474
title: A flaw was found in SSSD's LDAP sudo provider
summary: >-
  A flaw was found in SSSD's LDAP sudo provider. When the ldap_sudo_search_base
  option is not explicitly configured, SSSD searches the entire LDAP directory
  tree for sudoRole objects. An authenticated attacker with write access to any
  subt…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-1188
published: '2026-07-07'
updated: '2026-07-27'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14474'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41937'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42122'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46482'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-14474'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2496556'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00568
epssPercentile: 0.45565
ingestedAt: '2026-07-27T12:18:01.659Z'
---

## Overview

A flaw was found in SSSD's LDAP sudo provider. When the ldap_sudo_search_base option is not explicitly configured, SSSD searches the entire LDAP directory tree for sudoRole objects. An authenticated attacker with write access to any subtree can inject a sudoRole object granting root-level sudo privileges on all SSSD-enrolled hosts.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.