Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CVE-2025-7493

A privilege escalation flaw from host to domain administrator was found in FreeIPA. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2025-4404, where it fails to validate the uniqueness of the krbCanonicalName. While the previously released version ad…

EPSS: 0.005 (40.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-7493?
CVE-2025-7493 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under CWE-1220. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2025-7493?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-7493 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.