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Project Summary

SSSD is a system daemon. Its primary function is to provide access to identity and authentication remote resource through a common framework that can provide caching and offline support to the system. It provides PAM and NSS modules, as well as D-BUS based interfaces. It provides also a better database to store local users as well as extended user data.

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authentication authorization daemon dbus freeipa ipa nss nsswitch pam security

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These details are provided for information only. No information here is legal advice and should not be used as such.

Project Security

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Vulnerability Exposure Index

Many reported vulnerabilities
Few reported vulnerabilities

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C
82%
Python
11%
9 Other
7%

30 Day Summary

Apr 12 2026 — May 12 2026

12 Month Summary

May 12 2025 — May 12 2026
  • 539 Commits
    Up + 38 (7%) from previous 12 months
  • 39 Contributors
    Down -6 (13%) from previous 12 months
 

Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for SSSD/sssd )

Repository URL: https://github.com/SSSD/sssd

Version: edf4a0f9b683a96526a205ab8cd2148012da63b9

2026-05-12
Last Analyzed
380,104
Lines of Code Analyze
0.12
Defect Density

Defects by status for current build

162
Total defects
44
Outstanding
118
Fixed

CWE Top 25 defects

ID CWE-Name Number of Defects
190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound 5
676 Use of Potentially Dangerous Function 1