CVE catalog

CVE-2025-7493

freeipa: CVE-2025-7493

Severity: Critical · CVSS 9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: Sep 30, 2025, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.56% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	freeipa	sid	`4.13.1-1`	vulnerable
Debian	freeipa	trixie	`4.12.4-1`	vulnerable
Debian	freeipa	bookworm	`4.9.11-1`	vulnerable

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	freeipa	source	sid	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	freeipa	source	trixie	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	freeipa	source	bookworm	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[freeipa-client]Affected
Source package: [freeipa]
Details (2)
- 4.9.11-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · bookworm; dsa · freeipa · debian · 12
- 4.9.11-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · bookworm; dsa · freeipa · debian · 12
[freeipa-client-epn]Affected
Source package: [freeipa]
Details (2)
- 4.9.11-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · bookworm; dsa · freeipa · debian · 12
- 4.9.11-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · bookworm; dsa · freeipa · debian · 12
[freeipa-client-samba]Affected
Source package: [freeipa]
Details (2)
- 4.9.11-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · bookworm; dsa · freeipa · debian · 12
- 4.9.11-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · bookworm; dsa · freeipa · debian · 12
[freeipa-common]Affected
Source package: [freeipa]
Details (2)
- 4.9.11-1 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · bookworm; dsa · freeipa · debian · 12
- 4.9.11-1 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · bookworm; dsa · freeipa · debian · 12
[python3-ipaclient]Affected
Source package: [freeipa]
Details (2)
- 4.9.11-1 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · bookworm; dsa · freeipa · debian · 12
- 4.9.11-1 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · bookworm; dsa · freeipa · debian · 12
[python3-ipalib]Affected
Source package: [freeipa]
Details (2)
- 4.9.11-1 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · bookworm; dsa · freeipa · debian · 12
- 4.9.11-1 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · bookworm; dsa · freeipa · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[freeipa-client]Affected
Source package: [freeipa]
Details (2)
- 4.12.4-1 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · 13
- 4.12.4-1 · arm64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · 13
[freeipa-client-epn]Affected
Source package: [freeipa]
Details (2)
- 4.12.4-1 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · 13
- 4.12.4-1 · arm64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · 13
[freeipa-client-samba]Affected
Source package: [freeipa]
Details (2)
- 4.12.4-1 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · 13
- 4.12.4-1 · arm64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · 13
[freeipa-common]Affected
Source package: [freeipa]
Details (2)
- 4.12.4-1 · all · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · 13
- 4.12.4-1 · all · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · 13
[python3-ipaclient]Affected
Source package: [freeipa]
Details (2)
- 4.12.4-1 · all · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · 13
- 4.12.4-1 · all · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · 13
[python3-ipalib]Affected
Source package: [freeipa]
Details (2)
- 4.12.4-1 · all · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · 13
- 4.12.4-1 · all · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · freeipa · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 24, 2026, 5:38:53 PM UTC

References

[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]