Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting ipa-client-common package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-IPACLIENTCOMMON-15900168
  • published5 Apr 2026
  • disclosed31 Mar 2026

Introduced: 31 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-4800  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 ipa-client-common.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ipa-client-common package and not the ipa-client-common package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Impact:

The fix for CVE-2021-23337 (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-35jh-r3h4-6jhm) added validation for the variable option in _.template but did not apply the same validation to options.imports key names. Both paths flow into the same Function() constructor sink.

When an application passes untrusted input as options.imports key names, an attacker can inject default-parameter expressions that execute arbitrary code at template compilation time.

Additionally, _.template uses assignInWith to merge imports, which enumerates inherited properties via for..in. If Object.prototype has been polluted by any other vector, the polluted keys are copied into the imports object and passed to Function().

Patches:

Users should upgrade to version 4.18.0.

Workarounds:

Do not pass untrusted input as key names in options.imports. Only use developer-controlled, static key names.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1