CVE-2017-12169 Information disclosure in ipa
Authenticated attackers with specific permissions can read password hashes for Stage Users in FreeIPA, potentially compromising those accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-12169?
CVE-2017-12169 is a high-severity vulnerability in FreeIPA ipa, published on 10 Jan 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
It was found that FreeIPA 4.2.0 and later could disclose password hashes to users having the 'System: Read Stage Users' permission. A remote, authenticated attacker could potentially use this flaw to disclose the password hashes belonging to Stage Users. This security issue does not result in disclosure of password hashes belonging to active standard users. NOTE: some developers feel that this report is a suggestion for a design change to Stage User activation, not a statement of a vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12169?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freeipa Freeipa.
How do I fix CVE-2017-12169?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-12169 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-12169 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12169 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in FreeIPA ipa
- CVE-2015-5284 Information disclosure in n/a
- CVE-2026-11861 Freeipa: idm: ipa: freeipa: obtaining tgs with impersonating cname through trust relationships
- CVE-2024-2698 Freeipa: delegation rules allow a proxy service to impersonate any user to access another target service
- CVE-2012-5631 Information disclosure in ipa
- CVE-2017-11191 Security feature bypass in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12169, GHSA-8qm6-jxp9-c775, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12169.