High severity8.7NVD Advisory· Published Aug 20, 2026· Updated Sep 28, 2026
CVE-2026-13097
CVE-2026-13097
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.
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Affected products
19- osv-coords18 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-clientpkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-client-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-client-encrypted-dnspkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-client-epnpkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-client-sambapkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-selinuxpkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-selinux-lunapkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-selinux-nfastpkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-serverpkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-server-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-server-dnspkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-server-encrypted-dnspkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-server-trust-adpkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-ipaclientpkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-ipalibpkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-ipaserverpkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-ipatests
< 4.13.4-1.el9_8+ 17 more
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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13097nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70564nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72279nvd
News mentions
1- FreeIPA Flaw Chain Lets Anonymous Clients Create Reusable Administrator CredentialsThe Hacker News · Sep 8, 2026