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.
History

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First Time appeared Redhat freeipa
Vendors & Products Redhat freeipa

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


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Description 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.
Title Freeipa: idm: freeipa: idp-add eval() reachable before authorization check allows environment disclosure and denial of service
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-95
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2026-09-07T12:02:21.503Z

Updated: 2026-09-08T14:09:22.610Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T11:27:59.295Z

Link: CVE-2026-79678

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-08T14:09:08.570Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-07T13:20:38.380

Modified: 2026-09-08T19:08:15.590

Link: CVE-2026-79678

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-07T11:46:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-79678 - Bugzilla