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Update Summary

USN-8718-1 addresses an SSSD vulnerability where specially crafted input could crash the daemon. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (jammy) is fixed by updating `sssd-common` to 2.6.3-1ubuntu3.9.

Update Details

Security

  • SSSD did not properly validate authentication token lengths when processing PAM responder requests, which could allow a local attacker to crash SSSD and cause a denial of service.

Hints

  • After a standard system update, restart sssd to apply all changes.

Product Information

Vendor: Canonical

Product: Ubuntu Server

Product type: Software

Application category: Utilities

Platform: Linux

Variant: 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Version: 2.6.3-1ubuntu3.9

Vendor release date: Sep 3, 2026

Original release notes: View on vendor site

Published on updatealert.io: Sep 4, 2026

Description: Server operating system for Linux infrastructure and workloads.