CVE-2025-4404 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-4404: Freeipa: idm: privilege escalation from host to domain admin in freeipa

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Weakness CWE-1220
Published June 17, 2025
Last update March 5, 2026

CVSS base score

9.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 17, 2025 CVE published
March 5, 2026 Record updated