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.
History

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 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
References

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::crb
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus
References

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel Els
Redhat rhel Tus
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel Els
Redhat rhel Tus
References

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel E4s
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel E4s
References
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
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
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-06-17T14:15:32.743

Modified: 2025-06-17T20:50:23.507

Link: CVE-2025-4404

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-06-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-4404 - Bugzilla