CriticalCVE-2026-76578

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CVE-2026-76578)

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    What is affected, what to do

    A flaw was found in FreeIPA. The self-managed OTP token ACI does not require authentication and does not restrict which attributes may be added alongside the token entry.

    Update Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 to version 0:4.13.4-1.el10_2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support to version 0:4.12.2-15.el10_0.7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to version 0:4.6.8-5.el7_9.25.

    Affected
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 lt *..0:4.13.4-1.el10_2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support lt *..0:4.12.2-15.el10_0.7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support lt *..0:4.6.8-5.el7_9.25
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 lt *..8100020261007071200.143e9e98
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 lt *..8100020261007070536.823393f5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support lt *..8040020261027121250.f153676a
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support lt *..8040020261027121355.5b01ab7e
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On lt *..8040020261027121250.f153676a
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On lt *..8040020261027121355.5b01ab7e
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support lt *..8060020261008134123.c1533a64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support lt *..8060020261008133528.ada582f1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On lt *..8060020261008134123.c1533a64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On lt *..8060020261008133528.ada582f1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service lt *..8080020261007080925.e581a9e4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service lt *..8080020261007071832.b0a6ceea
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions lt *..8080020261007080925.e581a9e4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions lt *..8080020261007071832.b0a6ceea
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 lt *..0:4.13.4-1.el9_8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions lt *..0:4.10.1-12.el9_2.7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions lt *..0:4.11.0-15.el9_4.9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support lt *..0:4.12.2-14.el9_6.8
    Fixed in
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 0:4.13.4-1.el10_2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support 0:4.12.2-15.el10_0.7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support 0:4.6.8-5.el7_9.25
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 8100020261007071200.143e9e98
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 8100020261007070536.823393f5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 8040020261027121250.f153676a
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 8040020261027121355.5b01ab7e
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On 8040020261027121250.f153676a
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On 8040020261027121355.5b01ab7e
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 8060020261008134123.c1533a64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 8060020261008133528.ada582f1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On 8060020261008134123.c1533a64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On 8060020261008133528.ada582f1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service 8080020261007080925.e581a9e4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service 8080020261007071832.b0a6ceea
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions 8080020261007080925.e581a9e4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions 8080020261007071832.b0a6ceea
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 0:4.13.4-1.el9_8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:4.10.1-12.el9_2.7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:4.11.0-15.el9_4.9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support 0:4.12.2-14.el9_6.8

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    Metrics

    9.8

    Priority

    XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.

    Source: NVD, CVSS v3

    9.8

    CVSS v3

    Severity Critical on the scale from 0 to 10.

    Source: BSI

    1.3 %

    EPSS score

    Moderate — model estimates 1-10% exploitation likelihood.

    Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 70.9

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    Severity
    Critical
    Priority (0–325)

    The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?

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    89.24 Methodology
    Exploit maturity

    An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.

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    no public PoC known
    XIEM Effective CVSS

    XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.

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    9.8 Methodology
    CVSS v3

    CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.

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    9.8
    EPSS score

    The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.

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    1.3 %
    Moderate — model estimates 1-10% exploitation likelihood.
    EPSS percentile

    The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.

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    70.9
    High — this CVE ranks above the median of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 36%).
    KEV status

    The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.

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    Published
    CISA assessment (SSVC)
    Exploitation: none known · automatable · Technical impact: total
    Source: CISA Vulnrichment, as of 8 September 2026
    CWE

    CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.

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    CWE-306

    Detection rules

    No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.

    Classification under NIS2 and CRA

    Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.

    NIS2

    NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.

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    High technical severity: assess and remediate the vulnerability in vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2 and document the decision.
    CRA

    The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.

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    From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
    ISO/IEC 27001

    ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.

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    Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.

    Description

    A flaw was found in FreeIPA. The self-managed OTP token ACI does not require authentication and does not restrict which attributes may be added alongside the token entry. An unauthenticated LDAP client can exploit this, combined with a related flaw in the underlying directory server's ACI evaluation (tracked separately), to create an arbitrary attacker-controlled Kerberos principal and have it added to the administrators group. This allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to obtain genuine FreeIPA administrator-group membership and perform administrative operations against the directory and, on SID-enabled deployments, other IdM services.

    Source: BSI WID Portal

    Affected products

    The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

    Affected products
    Affected versionsFixed in
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10
    • < 0:4.13.4-1.el10_2
    • 0:4.13.4-1.el10_2
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support
    • < 0:4.12.2-15.el10_0.7
    • 0:4.12.2-15.el10_0.7
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    • —
    • —
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    • —
    • —
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
    • < 0:4.6.8-5.el7_9.25
    • 0:4.6.8-5.el7_9.25
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    • < 8100020261007070536.823393f5
    • < 8100020261007071200.143e9e98
    • 8100020261007070536.823393f5
    • 8100020261007071200.143e9e98
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
    • < 8040020261027121250.f153676a
    • < 8040020261027121355.5b01ab7e
    • 8040020261027121250.f153676a
    • 8040020261027121355.5b01ab7e
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
    • < 8040020261027121250.f153676a
    • < 8040020261027121355.5b01ab7e
    • 8040020261027121250.f153676a
    • 8040020261027121355.5b01ab7e
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
    • < 8060020261008133528.ada582f1
    • < 8060020261008134123.c1533a64
    • 8060020261008133528.ada582f1
    • 8060020261008134123.c1533a64
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
    • < 8060020261008133528.ada582f1
    • < 8060020261008134123.c1533a64
    • 8060020261008133528.ada582f1
    • 8060020261008134123.c1533a64
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service
    • < 8080020261007071832.b0a6ceea
    • < 8080020261007080925.e581a9e4
    • 8080020261007071832.b0a6ceea
    • 8080020261007080925.e581a9e4
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions
    • < 8080020261007071832.b0a6ceea
    • < 8080020261007080925.e581a9e4
    • 8080020261007071832.b0a6ceea
    • 8080020261007080925.e581a9e4
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9
    • < 0:4.13.4-1.el9_8
    • 0:4.13.4-1.el9_8
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
    • < 0:4.10.1-12.el9_2.7
    • 0:4.10.1-12.el9_2.7
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
    • < 0:4.11.0-15.el9_4.9
    • 0:4.11.0-15.el9_4.9
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support
    • < 0:4.12.2-14.el9_6.8
    • 0:4.12.2-14.el9_6.8
    freeipafreeipa
    • 4.12.2
    • < 4.13.3
    • —
    • 4.13.3
    Red HatEnterprise Linux
    • 9
    • —

    Vendors and products

    Affected operating systems

    Affected operating systems
    Linuxredhatenterprise_linux7.0
    Linuxredhatenterprise_linux—
    Linuxredhatenterprise_linux10.0
    Linuxredhatenterprise_linux8.0
    Linuxredhatenterprise_linux6.0
    Linuxredhatenterprise_linux9.0

    Weakness classes (CWE)

    • CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical Function

      Base

      The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.

      Entry at MITRE CWE-306

    References & sources

    Changes to this CVE

    Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).

    1. Record modifiedRed Hat

      1 individual change: Affected versions (publisher)

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      Affected value modified. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/76xxx/CVE-2026-76578.json">CVE-2026-76578</a>

      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

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      Referenceadded
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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:93452

      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:93071

      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

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      Referenceadded
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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89836

      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

    5. Record modifiedRed Hat

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      Referenceadded
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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83460
      Referenceadded
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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83461

      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

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      Referenceadded
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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83084

      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83083
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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83085

      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82935

      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72279

      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

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      Referenceadded
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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70564

      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

    6. Record modifiedCISA ADP

      CISA assessment (SSVC): exploitation: none known, automatable: yes

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      {"id":"CVE-2026-76578","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"yes"},{"technicalImpact":"total"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2026-09-08T13:58:12.782701Z"}

      Source identifier: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    7. ReceivedRed Hat

      CVSS V3.1: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

      Weakness type: CWE-306

      Description added or changed

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      Descriptionadded
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      A flaw was found in FreeIPA. The self-managed OTP token ACI does not require authentication and does not restrict which attributes may be added alongside the token entry. An unauthenticated LDAP client can exploit this, combined with a related flaw in the underlying directory server's ACI evaluation (tracked separately), to create an arbitrary attacker-controlled Kerberos principal and have it added to the administrators group. This allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to obtain genuine FreeIPA administrator-group membership and perform administrative operations against the directory and, on SID-enabled deployments, other IdM services.
      CVSSadded
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      AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
      Weakness type (CWE)added
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      CWE-306
      Affected versions (publisher)added
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      New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/76xxx/CVE-2026-76578.json">CVE-2026-76578</a>
      Referenceadded
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      https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-76578
      Referenceadded
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      https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2519522

      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

    Linked CVEs

    Linked CVEs
    HighCVE-2026-79678Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Eval Injection8.1—
    CriticalCVE-2026-76578Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Missing Authentication for Critical Function9.8—
    HighCVE-2026-73198Ipa: freeipa: unauthenticated dos in `/ipa/i18n_messages` via unbounded request body read7.5—
    HighCVE-2026-73197Ipa: freeipa: unauthenticated dos in `/ipa/migration/migration.py` via unbounded request body read7.5—
    HighCVE-2026-19550Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Incorrect Authorization8.2—
    HighCVE-2026-18147Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Cross-site Scripting8.1—
    HighCVE-2026-13097Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference8.7—
    CriticalCVE-2026-11861Freeipa: idm: ipa: freeipa: obtaining tgs with impersonating cname through trust relationships9.6—
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