{"id":"CVE-2025-4404","title":"A privilege escalation from host to domain vulnerability was found in the FreeIPA project","summary":"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…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-1220"],"published":"2025-06-17","updated":"2026-06-25","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4404","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9184","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9185","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9186","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9187","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9188","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9189","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9190","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9191","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9192","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9193","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9194","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4404","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2364606","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://pagure.io/freeipa/c/6b9400c135ed16b10057b350cc9ce42aa0e862d4","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://pagure.io/freeipa/c/796ed20092d554ee0c9e23295e346ec1e8a0bf6e","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/30/6","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd","exploit-available"],"epss":0.01989,"epssPercentile":0.79511,"ingestedAt":"2026-06-29T13:24:34.373Z","exploits":{"github":1,"githubRepos":["https://github.com/Im10n/CVE-2025-4404-POC"],"checkedAt":"2026-09-21T15:27:25.356Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"slug":"CVE-2025-4404","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"abyssal","depthScore":62,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":50.1,"likelihood":0.4,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":4822,"id":"CVE-2025-4404","ts":1788887209052,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":3705,"id":"CVE-2025-4404","ts":1788886325980,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":2550,"id":"CVE-2025-4404","ts":1788883007689,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":1579,"id":"CVE-2025-4404","ts":1788882407725,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":693,"id":"CVE-2025-4404","ts":1788881844910,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}