Freeipa: idm: privilege escalation from host to domain admin in freeipa

Summary

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.

Timeline

1. Jun 17, 2025, 1:39 PM UTCCVE published
2. Jun 17, 2025, 2:00 PM UTCCISA SSVC assessment

   Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

3. Jun 30, 2026, 10:40 AM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• freeipa

  fixed in 4.12.4

• ipa

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• ipa

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• idm:client

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• idm:DL1

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• idm:client

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• idm:DL1

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• idm:client

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• idm:DL1

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• idm:client

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• idm:DL1

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• idm:client

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• idm:DL1

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• idm:client

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• idm:DL1

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• idm:client

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• idm:DL1

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• idm:client

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• idm:DL1

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• ipa

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• ipa

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