CVE-2018-16838 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-16838

A flaw was found in sssd Group Policy Objects implementation....

Vulnerability Description

A flaw was found in sssd Group Policy Objects implementation. When the GPO is not readable by SSSD due to a too strict permission settings on the server side, SSSD will allow all authenticated users to login instead of denying access.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

sssd
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: March 25th, 2019
Last Modified: February 13th, 2025
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)