CVE-2026-73198Disclosure(freeipa / enterprise_linux)

LOWCVSS 7.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-770

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • enterprise_linux
  • freeipa

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Products
enterprise_linuxfreeipa

5 versions affected across 2 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-08-20: 1Technical Details · 2026-08-20: 108-20
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
  • Vulmon Vulnerability Feed@VulmonFeeds
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-73198 FreeIPA Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability in /ipa/i18n_messages Endpoint https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2026-73198

    Post summary

    The text announces a FreeIPA memory exhaustion vulnerability (CVE-2026-73198) at the "/ipa/i18n_messages" endpoint but provides no further details on PoC, exploitation, or remediation.

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CPE platform detail6 entries

6 of 6 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appfreeipafreeipa---
OSredhatenterprise_linux10.0--
OSredhatenterprise_linux6.0--
OSredhatenterprise_linux7.0--
OSredhatenterprise_linux8.0--
OSredhatenterprise_linux9.0--

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