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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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Project Security

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C
82%
Python
11%
9 Other
7%

30 Day Summary

Dec 21 2025 — Jan 20 2026

12 Month Summary

Jan 20 2025 — Jan 20 2026
  • 507 Commits
    Down -38 (6%) from previous 12 months
  • 37 Contributors
    Down -13 (26%) from previous 12 months

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

Version: 7f78c93f152d8bbddc66b495f69bb981e3901bc3

2026-01-20
Last Analyzed
379,360
Lines of Code Analyze
0.12
Defect Density

Defects by status for current build

160
Total defects
44
Outstanding
116
Fixed

CWE Top 25 defects

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