CVE-2025-7493

A privilege escalation flaw from host to domain administrator was found in FreeIPA. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2025-4404, where it fails to validate the uniqueness of the krbCanonicalName. While the previously released version added validations for the admin@REALM credential, FreeIPA still does not validate the root@REALM canonical name, which can also be used as the realm administrator's name. This flaw allows an attacker to perform administrative tasks over the REALM, leading to access to sensitive data and sensitive data exfiltration.
Configurations

No configuration.

History

15 Apr 2026, 00:35

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Summary
  • (es) Una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios de host a administrador de dominio fue encontrada en FreeIPA. Esta vulnerabilidad es similar a CVE-2025-4404, donde falla al validar la unicidad del krbCanonicalName. Aunque la versión previamente lanzada añadió validaciones para la credencial admin@REALM, FreeIPA aún no valida el nombre canónico root@REALM, el cual también puede ser usado como el nombre del administrador del realm. Este fallo permite a un atacante realizar tareas administrativas sobre el REALM, lo que lleva al acceso a datos sensibles y a la exfiltración de datos sensibles.

04 Nov 2025, 22:16

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References
  • () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/30/6 -

09 Oct 2025, 12:15

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References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17645 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17646 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17647 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17648 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17649 -

01 Oct 2025, 07:15

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17129 -

30 Sep 2025, 20:15

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17084 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17087 -

30 Sep 2025, 17:15

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17085 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17086 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17088 -

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-09-30 15:15

Updated : 2026-04-15 00:35


NVD link : CVE-2025-7493

Mitre link : CVE-2025-7493

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-7493


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Products Affected

No product.

CWE
CWE-1220

Insufficient Granularity of Access Control