CVE-2026-79678: freeipa Eval Injection
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-79678 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Eval Injection vulnerability in freeipa. EPSS estimates a 0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8Timeline
- 07-09-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A flaw was found in FreeIPA's idp-add command, where insufficiently validated --organization/--base-url input reaches a constrained eval() call before the corresponding LDAP access control check is enforced. This allows any authenticated IPA principal, regardless of privilege level, to enumerate and read the environment variables of the affected server process and to cause denial of service via memory exhaustion.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST8.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.89%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
59%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.42 pp
From 0.47% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- freeipaAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
- freeipaAll versions (No fix recorded)
2 vendors · 2 products
