7.5highHigh
CVE-2026-73198
Redhat Enterprise Linux
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.
Exploitation status
- A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.
What the metrics mean
- It is reachable over a network, without needing local access.
- For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
- To exploit it, no account is needed.
- Beyond that, no action by a user is required.
Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Assigned by
- secalert@redhat.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-08-20
- Last modified
- 2026-08-24
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Redhat Enterprise Linux6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
- Freeipa Freeipa- 4.13.3
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.