CVE-2025-4404

CRITICAL

Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Privilege Escalation via FreeIPA krbCanonicalName Uniqueness Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2025-4404. PoCs published by Im10n.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC demonstrates a Kerberos ticket manipulation vulnerability in FreeIPA 4.12.4, allowing an attacker with a domain computer account to impersonate the admin account by setting the krbCanonicalName attribute to [email protected].

Description

A privilege escalation from host to domain vulnerability was found in the FreeIPA project. The FreeIPA package fails to validate the uniqueness of the `krbCanonicalName` for the admin account by default, allowing users to create services with the same canonical name as the REALM admin. When a successful attack happens, the user can retrieve a Kerberos ticket in the name of this service, containing the admin@REALM credential. This flaw allows an attacker to perform administrative tasks over the REALM, leading to access to sensitive data and sensitive data exfiltration.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 5 stars
by Im10n · poc
https://github.com/Im10n/CVE-2025-4404-POC

This PoC demonstrates a Kerberos ticket manipulation vulnerability in FreeIPA 4.12.4, allowing an attacker with a domain computer account to impersonate the admin account by setting the krbCanonicalName attribute to [email protected].

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: FreeIPA 4.12.4
Auth required
Prerequisites: Domain computer account · Access to LDAP and Kerberos services · FreeIPA 4.12.4 environment
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (16)

Core 16
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9184
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9185
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9186
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9187
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9188
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9189
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9190
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9191
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9192
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9193
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9194
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4404
Issue Tracking issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2364606

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0183
EPSS Percentile 76.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-1220
Status published
Products (23)
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 0:4.12.2-15.el10_0.1
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support 0:4.6.8-5.el7_9.18
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 8100020250603134209.823393f5
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 8100020250603150652.143e9e98
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support 8020020250609030144.792f4060
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support 8020020250609031831.50ea30f9
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 8040020250609095221.5b01ab7e
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 8040020250609101903.f153676a
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 8060020250606060504.ada582f1
... and 13 more
Published Jun 17, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026