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openSUSE: Crucial Privilege Escalation Patch CVE-2025-11561 2025:4231

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • November 25, 2025

This update for sssd fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-11561: Fixed privilege escalation on AD-joined Linux systems due to default Kerberos configuration disabling localauth an2ln plugin (bsc#1251827) Other fixes: * Install file in krb5.conf.d to include sssd krb5 config snippets (bsc#1244325)

## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * openSUSE Leap 15.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-4231=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-4231=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-4231=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2025-4231=1 * SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2025-4231=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-4231=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-4231=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586) * libsss_idmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-proxy-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-common-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ad-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * python3-sss-murmur-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-tools-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-winbind-idmap-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libnfsidmap-sss-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * python3-sssd-config-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_idmap-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libipa_hbac0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libipa_hbac-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ipa-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ad-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-dbus-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-tools-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_idmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * python3-sss-murmur-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ldap-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_simpleifp-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-proxy-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libipa_hbac0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-wbclient-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ipa-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-dbus-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libnfsidmap-sss-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * python3-ipa_hbac-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * python3-sss_nss_idmap-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * python3-sss_nss_idmap-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * python3-sssd-config-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_simpleifp0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-wbclient-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-common-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_simpleifp0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ldap-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-winbind-idmap-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * python3-ipa_hbac-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-debugsource-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-wbclient-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64) * sssd-common-32bit-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-32bit-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64_ilp32) * sssd-common-64bit-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-64bit-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64) * libsss_idmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-proxy-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-common-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ad-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-tools-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-winbind-idmap-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * python3-sssd-config-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_idmap-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libipa_hbac0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libipa_hbac-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ipa-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ad-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-dbus-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-tools-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_idmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ldap-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_simpleifp-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-proxy-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ipa-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-dbus-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * python3-sssd-config-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_simpleifp0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-common-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_simpleifp0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ldap-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-winbind-idmap-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libipa_hbac0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-debugsource-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (x86_64) * sssd-common-32bit-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-32bit-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * libsss_idmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-proxy-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-common-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ad-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-tools-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-winbind-idmap-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * python3-sssd-config-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_idmap-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libipa_hbac0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libipa_hbac-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ipa-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ad-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-dbus-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-tools-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_idmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ldap-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_simpleifp-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-proxy-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ipa-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-dbus-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * python3-sssd-config-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_simpleifp0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-common-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_simpleifp0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ldap-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-winbind-idmap-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libipa_hbac0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-debugsource-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS (x86_64) * sssd-common-32bit-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-32bit-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64) * libsss_idmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-proxy-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-common-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ad-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-tools-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-winbind-idmap-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * python3-sssd-config-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_idmap-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libipa_hbac0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libipa_hbac-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ipa-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ad-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-dbus-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-tools-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_idmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ldap-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_simpleifp-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-proxy-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ipa-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-dbus-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * python3-sssd-config-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_simpleifp0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-common-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_simpleifp0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ldap-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-winbind-idmap-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libipa_hbac0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-debugsource-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (x86_64) * sssd-common-32bit-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-32bit-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (aarch64 x86_64) * libsss_idmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-proxy-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-common-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ad-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-tools-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-winbind-idmap-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * python3-sssd-config-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_idmap-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libipa_hbac0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libipa_hbac-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ipa-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ad-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-dbus-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-tools-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_idmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ldap-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_simpleifp-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-proxy-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ipa-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-dbus-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * python3-sssd-config-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_simpleifp0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-common-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_simpleifp0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ldap-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-winbind-idmap-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libipa_hbac0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap-devel-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-debugsource-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (x86_64) * sssd-common-32bit-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-32bit-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64) * libsss_idmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-common-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_idmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-common-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ldap-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ldap-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-debugsource-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64) * libsss_idmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-common-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_idmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-krb5-common-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_certmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ldap-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * libsss_nss_idmap0-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-common-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-ldap-debuginfo-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1 * sssd-debugsource-1.16.1-150300.23.56.1

* bsc#1244325 * bsc#1251827 ## References: * * *

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SUSE and openSUSE Address Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2025-11561 SUSE and openSUSE have released updates to address a privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2025-11561) affecting AD-joined Linux systems. The issue arose from a default Kerberos configuration that disabled the localauth an2ln plugin. Users are advised to apply the patches using SUSE's recommended installation methods. 3 sources 34

Extracted Entities

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CVE-2025-11561

Platforms (1)

Linux