medium4.3
CVE-2026-73196
A flaw was found in FreeIPA.
Impact
A flaw was found in FreeIPA. A low-privilege authenticated user can exploit this vulnerability by submitting an oversized One-Time Password (OTP) key value. This oversized key is then decoded and re-encoded without proper size limits, consuming excessive CPU and memory resources. This can lead to a denial of service, degrading the availability of the IPA service.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Versions 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0 |
| Freeipa | Freeipa | before 4.13.3 |