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CVE-2026-73196

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2026-08-20 Modified: 2026-08-20

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-770

References