CVE-2026-79678

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-07. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A flaw was found in FreeIPA's idp-add command, where insufficiently validated --organization/--base-url input reaches a constrained eval() call before the corresponding LDAP access control check is enforced. This allows any authenticated IPA principal, regardless of privilege level, to enumerate and read the environment variables of the affected server process and to cause denial of service via memory exhaustion.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(high)
EG Risk
37(Track)
EG Risk 37/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity81% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
40%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 7, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 7, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2523356 – (CVE-2026-79678) CVE-2026-79678 freeIPA: idm: freeipa: idp-add eval() reachable before authorization check allows environment disclosure and denial of service

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2523356
redhat Patch Available

CVE-2026-79678 - Red Hat Customer Portal

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or OpenShift Container Platform 4, is affected by this vulnerability and a fix may be released to a

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79678

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-79678(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(2 across 2 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
freeipa4.10.1+dfsg1-1+exp1 ... 4.9.11-2 (19 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
freeipa4.12.4-1, 4.12.4-2, 4.13.1-1——

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 29× in last 7d / 54× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-19 08:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-18 21:22 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-18 21:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-18 09:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-17 22:35 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-17 22:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-17 11:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-17 00:48 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-17 00:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-16 13:56 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-16 13:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-16 13:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-16 03:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-15 16:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-15 05:18 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-15 05:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-14 18:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-14 06:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-13 19:40 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-13 19:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-13 08:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-12 21:57 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-12 21:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-12 11:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-12 00:05 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-12 00:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-11 13:13 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-11 13:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-11 02:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-10 15:29 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-10 15:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-10 04:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-09 17:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-09 06:42 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-09 06:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-08 19:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-08 15:57 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-08 15:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-08 14:24 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-08 14:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-08 11:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-08 00:28 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-08 00:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-07 13:36 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-09-07 12:29 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-09-07 12:26 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79678?
CVE-2026-79678 is a high vulnerability published on September 7, 2026. A flaw was found in FreeIPA's idp-add command, where insufficiently validated --organization/--base-url input reaches a constrained eval() call before the corresponding LDAP access control check is enforced. This allows any authenticated IPA principal, regardless of privilege level, to enumerate…
When was CVE-2026-79678 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79678 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 7, 2026, with the most recent update on September 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-79678 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79678 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 60.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79678?
CVE-2026-79678 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79678?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-79678, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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