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.
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Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0000
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CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8 |
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CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6::appstream |
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CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::crb cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0 |
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CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::appstream cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7 |
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CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream | |
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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. | |
Title | Freeipa: idm: privilege escalation from host to domain admin in freeipa | |
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Redhat enterprise Linux |
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Weaknesses | CWE-1220 | |
CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2025-06-17T13:39:17.945Z
Updated: 2025-06-17T15:01:29.646Z
Reserved: 2025-05-06T22:17:12.623Z
Link: CVE-2025-4404

Updated: 2025-06-17T14:00:12.194Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-06-17T14:15:32.743
Modified: 2025-06-17T20:50:23.507
Link: CVE-2025-4404
