A flaw was found in FreeIPA. The self-managed OTP token ACI does not require authentication and does not restrict which attributes may be added alongside the token entry. An unauthenticated LDAP client can exploit this, combined with a related flaw in the underlying directory server's ACI evaluation (tracked separately), to create an arbitrary attacker-controlled Kerberos principal and have it added to the administrators group. This allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to obtain genuine FreeIPA administrator-group membership and perform administrative operations against the directory and, on SID-enabled deployments, other IdM services.

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Workaround

Until a fixed package is available, restrict network access to the LDAP service (typically ports 389/636) to trusted hosts only, using firewall rules or network segmentation. Disabling anonymous LDAP binds blocks this specific attack path, though administrators should confirm this does not break other required anonymous-bind functionality in their deployment before applying it.

History

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Tus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::appstream
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Tus
References

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::appstream
References

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::crb
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Eus
References

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0
Vendors & Products Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
References

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2
References

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
References

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat freeipa
Vendors & Products Redhat freeipa

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Critical


Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in FreeIPA. The self-managed OTP token ACI does not require authentication and does not restrict which attributes may be added alongside the token entry. An unauthenticated LDAP client can exploit this, combined with a related flaw in the underlying directory server's ACI evaluation (tracked separately), to create an arbitrary attacker-controlled Kerberos principal and have it added to the administrators group. This allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to obtain genuine FreeIPA administrator-group membership and perform administrative operations against the directory and, on SID-enabled deployments, other IdM services.
Title Ipa: freeipa: freeipa: unauthenticated ldap client can obtain administrator credentials via the self-managed-token aci
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-306
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-15T05:08:10.868Z

Reserved: 2026-08-19T14:01:14.632Z

Link: CVE-2026-76578

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-08T13:59:27.131Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-07T13:20:36.850

Modified: 2026-10-15T06:17:04.403

Link: CVE-2026-76578

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2026-09-07T11:46:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-76578 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-08T20:37:29Z

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