Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in FreeIPA Project by Red Hat
CVE-2025-4404

9.1CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 June 2025

What is CVE-2025-4404?

A vulnerability in the FreeIPA project allows attackers to exploit the lack of uniqueness validation for the krbCanonicalName associated with the admin account. This flaw enables the creation of service accounts with identical canonical names as the REALM admin. An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability can acquire a Kerberos ticket linked to this service, which contains the administrative credentials. Consequently, they could perform unauthorized administrative actions within the REALM, leading to potential access and exfiltration of sensitive data.

Affected Version(s)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 0:4.12.2-15.el10_0.1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support 0:4.6.8-5.el7_9.18

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 8100020250603150652.143e9e98

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9184
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9185
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9186
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.1
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Red Hat would like to thank Mikhail Sukhov (Positive Technologies) for reporting this issue.
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