CVE-2026-73198

Published: Aug 20, 2026Modified: Aug 24, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

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.

Affected (6)

Products: Redhat: Enterprise Linux · Freeipa: Freeipa

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 10.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 8.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 9.0

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freeipa Freeipa	Before 4.13.3

Related CWEs

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

References (2)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-73198

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2472960

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

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