CVE-2026-13097

critical

Description

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515974

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13097

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-20

Updated: 2026-08-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00344