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CVE-2026-34397 json

himmelblau: NSS fake-primary group lookup reintroduces name collision risk

published 7mo ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2026-17983

cvss
6.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Himmelblau is an interoperability suite for Microsoft Azure Entra ID and Intune. From versions 2.0.0-alpha to before 2.3.9 and 3.0.0-alpha to before 3.1.1, there is a conditional local privilege escalation vulnerability in an edge-case naming collision. Only authenticated himmelblau users whose mapped CN/short name exactly matches a privileged local group name (e.g., "sudo", "wheel", "docker", "adm") can cause the NSS module to resolve that group name to their fake primary group. If the system uses NSS results for group-based authorization decisions (sudo, polkit, etc.), this can grant the attacker the privileges of that group. This issue has been patched in versions 2.3.9 and 3.1.1.

Patch / fix

  • himmelblau-idm himmelblau 2.3.9, 3.1.1
  • himmelblau SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 2.3.9+git0.a9fd29b-150700.3.15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:1361-1

  • himmelblau openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.3.9+git0.a9fd29b-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:10483-1

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
7mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/himmelblau-idm/himmelblau/security/advisories/GHSA-v7xx-7mqc-g835 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • himmelblau-idm himmelblau

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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