Upstream information

CVE-2026-12610 at MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in sssd. When authenticating with a YubiKey, the SSSD PAM responder can crash due to a use-after-free vulnerability, where a memory pointer is incorrectly handled. A local attacker could exploit this flaw by manipulating smartcard or YubiKey contents, leading to a denial of service that disrupts authentication. This vulnerability also presents a potential for privilege escalation, although it is difficult to exploit.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Red Hat) SUSE
Base Score 6.4 6.4
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity High High
Privileges Required High High
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 7.1
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1269807 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 sssd Affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 sssd Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 sssd Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 sssd Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 sssd Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 sssd Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 sssd Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 sssd Affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 sssd Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 sssd Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 sssd Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 sssd Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 sssd Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 sssd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 sssd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT sssd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 sssd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL sssd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS sssd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS sssd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 sssd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL sssd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS sssd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS sssd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 sssd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 sssd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 sssd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 sssd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 sssd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 sssd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 sssd Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 sssd Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 sssd Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 sssd Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 sssd Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 sssd Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 sssd Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 sssd Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 sssd Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 sssd Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 sssd Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 sssd Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 sssd Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 sssd Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 sssd Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 sssd Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 sssd Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 sssd Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 sssd Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 sssd Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 sssd Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 sssd Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 sssd Affected
Container Status
suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server
suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server
suse/multi-linux-manager/5.2/x86_64/server
sssdAffected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jun 30 12:01:09 2026
CVE page last modified: Tue Jun 30 17:47:29 2026