Realm administrator escalation via root principal alias
Published Sep 30, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Privilege escalation in FreeIPA on affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases allows remote authenticated users to gain realm administrator access. The 389-ds LDAP uniqueness plug-in fails to enforce cross-attribute uniqueness between Kerberos principal names and aliases, allowing an enrolled host to add root as an alias to a controlled service principal. Control of an IPA-enrolled host is required; the resulting Kerberos identity impersonation permits realm-wide administration and access to sensitive data.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in FreeIPA on affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases allows remote authenticated users to gain realm administrator access. The 389-ds LDAP uniqueness plug-in fails to enforce cross-attribute uniqueness between Kerberos principal names and aliases, allowing an enrolled host to add root as an alias to a controlled service principal. Control of an IPA-enrolled host is required; the resulting Kerberos identity impersonation permits realm-wide administration and access to sensitive data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-7493
- Published
- Sep 30, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- 389 Directory Server
- Product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions
- Classifications
- CWE-1220, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 30, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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