Critical 9.8

Vulnerability in FreeIPA

CVE-2026-76578 First seen on SecPulse Sep 7, 22:20

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-76578 has been found in FreeIPA.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "FreeIPA CVE-2026-76578" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-76578 (FreeIPA) — CWE-306 / CVSS v3 9.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

What is the problem

A vulnerability (CWE-306) exists in FreeIPA.

Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of FreeIPA.

Severity

Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'FreeIPA' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposureidentify
```
grep -r 'FreeIPA' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で FreeIPA を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Post-deployment verificationverify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Fix status by distribution

Records published by each distribution for this CVE. Fixed versions differ by release; check each link.

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-76578 freeipa No fixed version in this record
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-76578 freeipa No fixed version in this record

Original description The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory

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