9.1
CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-4404
FreeIPA Domain Admin Privilege Escalation
Description

A privilege escalation from host to domain vulnerability was found in the FreeIPA project. The FreeIPA package fails to validate the uniqueness of the `krbCanonicalName` for the admin account by default, allowing users to create services with the same canonical name as the REALM admin. When a successful attack happens, the user can retrieve a Kerberos ticket in the name of this service, containing the admin@REALM credential. This flaw allows an attacker to perform administrative tasks over the REALM, leading to access to sensitive data and sensitive data exfiltration.

INFO

Published Date :

June 17, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 29, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-4404 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
1 Freeipa freeipa
1 Gnu grub2
1 Libssh libssh
1 Unicode international_components_for_unicode
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability requires updating the affected packages to resolve the privilege escalation.
  • Update the affected packages.
  • Follow vendor guidance for the update process.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-4404 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-4404 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-4404 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

POC for CVE-2025-4404

Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 9, 2025, 7:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 week, 3 days ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 23, 2025, 11:54 a.m. This repo has been linked 88 different CVEs too.

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security cve exploit poc vulnerability

Updated: 12 hours, 27 minutes ago
7210 stars 1199 fork 1199 watcher
Born at : Dec. 8, 2019, 1:03 p.m. This repo has been linked 806 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-4404 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-4404 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://pagure.io/freeipa/c/6b9400c135ed16b10057b350cc9ce42aa0e862d4
    Added Reference https://pagure.io/freeipa/c/796ed20092d554ee0c9e23295e346ec1e8a0bf6e
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9184
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9186
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9187
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9188
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9189
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9190
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9191
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9192
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9193
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9194
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A privilege escalation from host to domain vulnerability was found in the FreeIPA project. The FreeIPA package fails to validate the uniqueness of the `krbCanonicalName` for the admin account by default, allowing users to create services with the same canonical name as the REALM admin. When a successful attack happens, the user can retrieve a Kerberos ticket in the name of this service, containing the admin@REALM credential. This flaw allows an attacker to perform administrative tasks over the REALM, leading to access to sensitive data and sensitive data exfiltration.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-1220
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9185
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4404
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2364606
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.1
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