CVE-2026-14474

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-07. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
8.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(high)
EPSS
33.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 7, 2026

Last Modified

July 21, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 7, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2496556 – (CVE-2026-14474) CVE-2026-14474 sssd: sssd: sudo LDAP provider searches entire directory tree for sudoRole objects by default, enabling privilege escalation

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2496556
redhat Patch Available

cve-details

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-14474

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-14474(3)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 40× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-19 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-17 01:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-16 17:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-16 14:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-16 03:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-15 16:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-15 05:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-14 18:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-14 07:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-13 20:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-13 09:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-13 06:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-12 22:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-12 11:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-12 00:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-11 13:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-11 02:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-10 15:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-10 04:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-09 17:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-09 06:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-08 19:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-08 15:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-08 15:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-08 08:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-07 21:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-07 10:07 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-07 10:06 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-14474?
CVE-2026-14474 is a high vulnerability published on July 7, 2026. A flaw was found in SSSD's LDAP sudo provider. When the ldapsudosearch_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…
When was CVE-2026-14474 disclosed?
CVE-2026-14474 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 7, 2026, with the most recent update on July 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-14474 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-14474 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 33.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-14474?
CVE-2026-14474 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-14474?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-14474, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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