What is CVE-2026-73198?

CVE-2026-73198 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-20.

How severe is CVE-2026-73198?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CVE-2026-73198

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.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-73198?: CVE-2026-73198 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-20.
How severe is CVE-2026-73198?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.