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CVE-2024-11029: Freeipa: administrative user data leaked through systemd journal

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-01-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-497

Description

A flaw was found in the FreeIPA API audit, where it sends the whole FreeIPA command line to journalctl. As a consequence, during the FreeIPA installation process, it inadvertently leaks the administrative user credentials, including the administrator password, to the journal database. In the worst-case scenario, where the journal log is centralized, users with access to it can have improper access to the FreeIPA administrator credentials.

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: all versions — fixed in 0:4.12.2-1.el9_5.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 0:4.12.2-1.el9_5.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0334
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11029
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325557

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