CVE-2026-73198
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Resource exhaustion
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
A flaw was found in FreeIPA. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit a vulnerability in the `/ipa/i18n_messages` endpoint by sending an arbitrarily large request body. This can cause the service to consume excessive memory, leading to memory exhaustion, degraded responsiveness, and a denial of service (DoS) condition.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70564
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72279
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82935
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83083
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83084
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83085
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83460
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83461