7.5

CVE-2026-73197: freeipa

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-73197DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73197CGA-2w5w-crjm-29vr
Published 20-08-2026Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-73197 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in freeipa. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.54%
0%100%
Low · +0.21 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 20-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in FreeIPA. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending oversized form POST requests to the `/ipa/migration/migration.py` endpoint. This can force the migration handler to read attacker-controlled request bodies fully into memory, leading to increased memory usage, slower request handling, and potential service disruption or denial of service.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.54%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

44%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.21 pp

From 0.33% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.54%

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

Chainguard8 products
  • freeipa< 4.13.3-r0
  • freeipa-doc< 4.13.3-r0
  • py3.13-ipaclient< 4.13.3-r0
  • py3.13-ipalib< 4.13.3-r0
  • py3.13-ipaplatform< 4.13.3-r0
Debian1 product
  • freeipaAll versions (No fix recorded)
Freeipa1 product
Redhat1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • freeipaAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 12 products

References

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