Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting freeipa package, versions <4.13.3-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-FREEIPA-19501461
  • published3 Sept 2026
  • disclosed20 Aug 2026

Introduced: 20 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-73196  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard freeipa to version 4.13.3-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freeipa package and not the freeipa package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in FreeIPA. A low-privilege authenticated user can exploit this vulnerability by submitting an oversized One-Time Password (OTP) key value. This oversized key is then decoded and re-encoded without proper size limits, consuming excessive CPU and memory resources. This can lead to a denial of service, degrading the availability of the IPA service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1