Description
A privilege escalation flaw was found in FreeIPA. The uniqueness constraint enforced on Kerberos principal name attributes in the 389-ds directory server does not properly account for equivalent representations of the same principal name, allowing a user with sufficient LDAP write privileges to create a service principal that impersonates an existing privileged one. This can lead to unauthorized acquisition of Kerberos service tickets for sensitive services, potentially resulting in full domain compromise.
Published: 2026-08-20
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000

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Description A privilege escalation flaw was found in FreeIPA. The uniqueness constraint enforced on Kerberos principal name attributes in the 389-ds directory server does not properly account for equivalent representations of the same principal name, allowing a user with sufficient LDAP write privileges to create a service principal that impersonates an existing privileged one. This can lead to unauthorized acquisition of Kerberos service tickets for sensitive services, potentially resulting in full domain compromise.
Title Ipa: privilege escalation via krbcanonicalname manipulation due to realm-unaware uniqueness enforcement in freeipa ldap datastore
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-706
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': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-20T10:37:55.464Z

Reserved: 2026-06-23T19:29:29.484Z

Link: CVE-2026-13097

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-20T11:16:20.293

Modified: 2026-08-20T13:08:53.900

Link: CVE-2026-13097

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-08-20T10:19:07Z

Links: CVE-2026-13097 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-08-20T22:45:02Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-706

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