Resource exhaustion in Freeipa
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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (34.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 34.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-73198 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70564 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72279 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-73198?
- CVE-2026-73198 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeipa, 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.