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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-10852

The UNIX pipe which sudo uses to contact SSSD and read the available sudo rules from SSSD has too wide permissions, which means that anyone who can send a message using the same raw protocol that sudo and SSSD use can read the sudo rules available for…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.50%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The UNIX pipe which sudo uses to contact SSSD and read the available sudo rules from SSSD has too wide permissions, which means that anyone who can send a message using the same raw protocol that sudo and SSSD use can read the sudo rules available for any user. This affects versions of SSSD before 1.16.3.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.50% probability · 74th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Affected
debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/sssd · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
Source
secalert@redhat.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 1.50%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 1.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.