CVE-2026-79678 HIGH

CVE-2026-79678: Freeipa: idm: freeipa: idp-add eval() reachable before authorization check allows environment disclosure and denial of service

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Weakness CWE-95 · Eval injection
Published September 7, 2026
Last update October 14, 2026

CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in FreeIPA's idp-add command, where insufficiently validated --organization/--base-url input reaches a constrained eval() call before the corresponding LDAP access control check is enforced. This allows any authenticated IPA principal, regardless of privilege level, to enumerate and read the environment variables of the affected server process and to cause denial of service via memory exhaustion.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 7, 2026 CVE published
October 14, 2026 Record updated

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