{"id":"CVE-2026-73198","title":"A flaw was found in FreeIPA","summary":"A flaw was found in FreeIPA. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit a vulnerability in the `/ipa/i18n_messages` endpoint by sending an arbitrarily large request body. This can cause the service to consume excessive memory, leadin…","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-770"],"vendor":"freeipa","product":"freeipa","affected":["enterprise_linux = 6.0","enterprise_linux = 7.0","enterprise_linux = 8.0","enterprise_linux = 9.0","enterprise_linux = 10.0","freeipa < 4.13.3"],"patched":["freeipa 4.13.3"],"published":"2026-08-20","updated":"2026-09-24","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-24T04:17:53.307","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73198","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70564","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-73198","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2472960","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-73198.json"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73198"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73198"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-08-20T15:37:51.867680Z"},"epss":0.00333,"epssPercentile":0.26687,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-24T03:37:24.187Z","slug":"CVE-2026-73198","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in FreeIPA. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit a vulnerability in the `/ipa/i18n_messages` endpoint by sending an arbitrarily large request body. This can cause the service to consume excessive memory, leading to memory exhaustion, degraded responsiveness, and a denial of service (DoS) condition.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `enterprise_linux = 6.0`\n- `enterprise_linux = 7.0`\n- `enterprise_linux = 8.0`\n- `enterprise_linux = 9.0`\n- `enterprise_linux = 10.0`\n- `freeipa < 4.13.3`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `freeipa 4.13.3`\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **RHSA-2026:70564** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) · released 2026-09-24 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70564)\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Important · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · updated 2026-09-24 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-73198.json)","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}