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Red HatCVE-2026-87853

A flaw was found in SSSD's IdP authentication provider

High7.5CVE-2026-87853 · Published Sep 9, 2026 · updated Sep 10, 2026

A flaw was found in SSSD's IdP authentication provider. The eval_access_token_buf() function compares the OIDC subject identifier using strncmp() with the authenticated user's identifier length, performing a prefix comparison instead of an exact match. An attacker whose IdP identifier is a strict prefix of a target user's identifier can authenticate as the target user.

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Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
all versionsNo fix yet
Details and references
CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-187

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