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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.1 Critical

CVE-2025-4404

Freeipa: idm: privilege escalation from host to domain admin in freeipa

Description

A privilege escalation from host to domain vulnerability was found in the FreeIPA project. The FreeIPA package fails to validate the uniqueness of the `krbCanonicalName` for the admin account by default, allowing users to create services with the same canonical name as the REALM admin. When a successful attack happens, the user can retrieve a Kerberos ticket in the name of this service, containing the admin@REALM credential. This flaw allows an attacker to perform administrative tasks over the REALM, leading to access to sensitive data and sensitive data exfiltration.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

freeipa

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 4.12.4affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Default version status: affected

  • 0:4.12.2-15.el10_0.1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support

Default version status: affected

  • 0:4.6.8-5.el7_9.18 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: affected

  • 8100020250603150652.143e9e98 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: affected

  • 8100020250603134209.823393f5 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support

Default version status: affected

  • 8020020250609031831.50ea30f9 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support

Default version status: affected

  • 8020020250609030144.792f4060 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

Default version status: affected

  • 8040020250609101903.f153676a to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

Default version status: affected

  • 8040020250609095221.5b01ab7e to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

Default version status: affected

  • 8060020250606060927.c1533a64 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

Default version status: affected

  • 8060020250606060504.ada582f1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service

Default version status: affected

  • 8060020250606060927.c1533a64 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service

Default version status: affected

  • 8060020250606060504.ada582f1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Default version status: affected

  • 8060020250606060927.c1533a64 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Default version status: affected

  • 8060020250606060504.ada582f1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service

Default version status: affected

  • 8080020250604195510.e581a9e4 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service

Default version status: affected

  • 8080020250604202433.b0a6ceea to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Default version status: affected

  • 8080020250604195510.e581a9e4 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Default version status: affected

  • 8080020250604202433.b0a6ceea to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

  • 0:4.12.2-14.el9_6.1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Default version status: affected

  • 0:4.9.8-11.el9_0.4 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Default version status: affected

  • 0:4.10.1-12.el9_2.4 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

Default version status: affected

  • 0:4.11.0-15.el9_4.5 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Default version status: unknown

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