CVE-2026-73198

Published Aug 20, 2026

Last updated 5 hours ago

Overview

Description
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.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
enterprise_linux, freeipa

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
7.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

secalert@redhat.com
CWE-770

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations