CVE-2025-7493 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-7493: Freeipa: idm: privilege escalation from host to domain admin in freeipa

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Weakness CWE-1220
Published September 30, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026
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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 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 30, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated