Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| himmelblau-idm | himmelblau | >= 2.0.0-alpha, < 2.3.9, >= 3.0.0-alpha, < 3.1.1 | — |
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 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | himmelblau | 2.3.9+git0.a9fd29b-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:10483-1 |
Advisories 2
- SUSE-SU-2026:1361-1 Security update for himmelblau SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Apr 16, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:10483-1 himmelblau-2.3.9+git0.a9fd29b-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Apr 4, 2026