Description
Himmelblau is an interoperability suite for Microsoft Azure Entra ID and Intune. Prior to 3.1.0 and 2.3.8, the himmelblaud-tasks daemon, running as root, writes Kerberos cache files under /tmp/krb5cc_<uid> without symlink protections. Since commit 87a51ee, PrivateTmp is explicitly removed from the tasks daemon's systemd hardening, exposing it to the host /tmp. A local user can exploit this via symlink attacks to chown or overwrite arbitrary files, achieving local privilege escalation. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.1.0 and 2.3.8.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| himmelblau-idm | himmelblau | >= 1.0.0, < 2.3.8, >= 3.0.0-alpha, < 3.1.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP7 | himmelblau | 2.3.9+git0.a9fd29b-150700.3.15.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:1361-1 |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | himmelblau | 2.3.8+git0.dec3693-160000.1.1 | SUSE-FU-2026:20990-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | himmelblau | 2.3.8+git0.dec3693-160000.1.1 | SUSE-FU-2026:20990-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | himmelblau | 2.3.8+git0.dec3693-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:10328-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | himmelblau | 2.3.8+git0.dec3693-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-FU-2026:20453-1 |
Advisories 4
- SUSE-SU-2026:1361-1 Security update for himmelblau SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Apr 16, 2026
- SUSE-FU-2026:20990-1 Feature update for himmelblau SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Apr 10, 2026
- openSUSE-FU-2026:20453-1 Feature update for himmelblau SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Apr 3, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:10328-1 himmelblau-2.3.8+git0.dec3693-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 14, 2026