FreeIPA Kerberos Principal Uniqueness Flaw Priv Escalation
CVE-2026-13097 Published on August 20, 2026
Ipa: privilege escalation via krbcanonicalname manipulation due to realm-unaware uniqueness enforcement in freeipa ldap datastore
A privilege escalation flaw was found in FreeIPA. The uniqueness constraint enforced on Kerberos principal name attributes in the 389-ds directory server does not properly account for equivalent representations of the same principal name, allowing a user with sufficient LDAP write privileges to create a service principal that impersonates an existing privileged one. This can lead to unauthorized acquisition of Kerberos service tickets for sensitive services, potentially resulting in full domain compromise.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-13097 can be exploited with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public. 6 days later.
Weakness Type
Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference
The software uses a name or reference to access a resource, but the name/reference resolves to a resource that is outside of the intended control sphere.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-13097
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