# CVE-2012-5631: Information disclosure in ipa

> Attackers can steal sensitive cookies because the server fails to verify identity before sending credentials, exposing user session data.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Nov 2019
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mrjx-9xcm-6w8p

## What is CVE-2012-5631?

CVE-2012-5631 is a high-severity vulnerability in ipa, published on 25 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

ipa 3.0 does not properly check server identity before sending credential containing cookies

Weakness: CWE-565 (Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5631?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Freeipa Freeipa.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-5631?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5631 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-5631 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5631 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ipa

- [CVE-2015-5284](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5284/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-11861](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-11861/): Freeipa: idm: ipa: freeipa: obtaining tgs with impersonating cname through trust relationships (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-2698](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2698/): Freeipa: delegation rules allow a proxy service to impersonate any user to access another target service (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-11191](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11191/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-13097](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-13097/): Privilege escalation in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-5631 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-5631 is a high-severity vulnerability in ipa, published on 25 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5631 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ipa. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5631/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5631/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5631
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5631
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-5631

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5631/
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