CVE-2021-3621
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3621
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-3621.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-3621
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2021-12-23T21:15:08.920Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-29T08:33:17.955173Z
- Severity
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- 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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A flaw was found in SSSD, where the sssctl command was vulnerable to shell command injection via the logs-fetch and cache-expire subcommands. This flaw allows an attacker to trick the root user into running a specially crafted sssctl command, such as via sudo, to gain root access. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
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