A flaw was found in FreeIPA. When a trust relationship is configured between FreeIPA and Active Directory, Active Directory users can bypass authentication for FreeIPA services, including the portal, SMB server, and LDAP directory. This is possible by impersonating a client name in the Ticket Granting Service (TGS) due to FreeIPA services not verifying Privilege Attribute Certificate (PAC) certificates. This vulnerability could allow an authenticated Active Directory user to escalate their privileges within the FreeIPA domain.
History

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description A flaw was found in FreeIPA. When a trust relationship is configured between FreeIPA and Active Directory, Active Directory users can bypass authentication for FreeIPA services, including the portal, SMB server, and LDAP directory. This is possible by impersonating a client name in the Ticket Granting Service (TGS) due to FreeIPA services not verifying Privilege Attribute Certificate (PAC) certificates. This vulnerability could allow an authenticated Active Directory user to escalate their privileges within the FreeIPA domain.
Title Freeipa: idm: ipa: freeipa: obtaining tgs with impersonating cname through trust relationships
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-266
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-20T13:48:25.096Z

Reserved: 2026-06-10T11:21:33.281Z

Link: CVE-2026-11861

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T13:48:21.609Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-20T11:16:19.270

Modified: 2026-08-20T14:17:08.387

Link: CVE-2026-11861

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-20T08:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-11861 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T22:45:02Z