CVE-2026-14474 Privilege escalation in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
An authenticated attacker with LDAP write access can inject sudo rules to gain root privileges on SSSD-enrolled hosts due to default broad search scopes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-14474?
CVE-2026-14474 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, published on 7 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-1188
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14474?
How do I fix CVE-2026-14474?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2026-14474 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14474 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-14474, GHSA-2vq9-j58h-2qj3, OESA-2026-3149, OESA-2026-3150, OESA-2026-3151, OESA-2026-3362 and 2 more.