CVE-2025-7493 Freeipa: idm: privilege escalation from host to domain admin in freeipa
Critical 9.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-7493 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2025-7493 is a critical vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, published on 30 Sep 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7493 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. 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-2025-7493/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7493/index.md)
Attackers can escalate privileges from host to domain admin by exploiting missing validation of the root@REALM canonical name in FreeIPA.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-7493?
CVE-2025-7493 is a critical vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, published on 30 Sep 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-1220
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7493?
Linux distribution packages (40)
ipa-client-common AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 4.12.2-24.el10_1.1 |
ipa-common AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 4.12.2-24.el10_1.1 |
ipa-selinux AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 4.12.2-24.el10_1.1 |
ipa-selinux-luna AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 4.12.2-24.el10_1.1 |
ipa-selinux-nfast AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 4.12.2-24.el10_1.1 |
ipa-server-common AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 4.12.2-24.el10_1.1 |
ipa-server-dns AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 4.12.2-24.el10_1.1 |
python3-ipaclient AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 4.12.2-24.el10_1.1 |
python3-ipalib AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 4.12.2-24.el10_1.1 |
python3-ipaserver AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 4.12.2-24.el10_1.1 |
python3-ipatests AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 4.12.2-24.el10_1.1 |
bind-dyndb-ldap AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 11.6-6.module_el8.10.0+3980+d78e8e90 |
custodia AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 0.6.0-3.module_el8.6.0+2881+2f24dc92 |
ipa-client AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 4.9.13-20.module_el8.10.0+4050+3b475c71 |
ipa-client-common AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 4.9.13-20.module_el8.10.0+4050+3b475c71 |
ipa-client-epn AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 4.9.13-20.module_el8.10.0+4050+3b475c71 |
ipa-client-samba AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 4.9.13-20.module_el8.10.0+4050+3b475c71 |
ipa-common AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 4.9.13-20.module_el8.10.0+4050+3b475c71 |
ipa-healthcheck AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 0.12-6.module_el8.10.0+4036+84b152d9 |
ipa-healthcheck-core AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 0.12-6.module_el8.10.0+4036+84b152d9 |
ipa-python-compat AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 4.9.13-20.module_el8.10.0+4050+3b475c71 |
ipa-selinux AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 4.9.13-20.module_el8.10.0+4050+3b475c71 |
ipa-server AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 4.9.13-20.module_el8.10.0+4050+3b475c71 |
ipa-server-common AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 4.9.13-20.module_el8.10.0+4050+3b475c71 |
ipa-server-dns AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 4.9.13-20.module_el8.10.0+4050+3b475c71 |
ipa-server-trust-ad AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 4.9.13-20.module_el8.10.0+4050+3b475c71 |
opendnssec AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.1.7-2.module_el8.10.0+3980+d78e8e90 |
python3-custodia AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 0.6.0-3.module_el8.6.0+2881+2f24dc92 |
python3-ipaclient AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 4.9.13-20.module_el8.10.0+4050+3b475c71 |
python3-ipalib AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 4.9.13-20.module_el8.10.0+4050+3b475c71 |
python3-ipaserver AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 4.9.13-20.module_el8.10.0+4050+3b475c71 |
python3-ipatests AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 4.9.13-20.module_el8.10.0+4050+3b475c71 |
python3-jwcrypto AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 0.5.0-2.module_el8.10.0+3844+20e075e5 |
python3-kdcproxy AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 0.4-5.module_el8.10.0+3942+63b39a46.1 |
python3-pyusb AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 1.0.0-9.1.module_el8.7.0+3349+cfeff52e |
python3-qrcode AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 5.3-1.module_el8.10.0+3942+63b39a46 |
python3-qrcode-core AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 5.3-1.module_el8.10.0+3942+63b39a46 |
python3-yubico AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 1.3.2-9.1.module_el8.7.0+3349+cfeff52e |
slapi-nis AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 0.60.0-4.module_el8.10.0+3844+20e075e5.alma.1 |
softhsm AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.6.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2881+2f24dc92 |
How do I fix CVE-2025-7493?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-7493 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7493 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as ALSA-2025:17084, ALSA-2025:17129, ALSA-2025:20928, ALSA-2025:20994, AZL-68190, CLSA-2025-1763391572 and 21 more.