7.5

CVE-2016-7030: freeipa Credentials Management Errors

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-7030DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7030
Published 28-08-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-7030 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Credentials Management Errors vulnerability in freeipa. EPSS estimates a 4.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.70%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
RHSA-2017:0001USN-4792-1

Timeline

  1. 28-08-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

FreeIPA uses a default password policy that locks an account after 5 unsuccessful authentication attempts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by locking out the account in which system services run on.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.70%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.70% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
4.70%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • freeipa< 4.4.4-1
Freeipa1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • freeipa< 3.3.4-0ubuntu3.1+esm1 | < 4.3.1-0ubuntu1+esm1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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