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TI-2015-04440 Aliases CVE-2015-5284GHSA-2vgj-j756-9gpx

ipa-kra-install in FreeIPA before 4.2.2 puts the CA agent certificate and private key in…

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

ipa-kra-install in FreeIPA before 4.2.2 puts the CA agent certificate and private key in /etc/httpd/alias/kra-agent.pem, which is world readable.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00991 62nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.2.1VulnerableFreeIPA
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.2.1 Vulnerable ·FreeIPA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-5284
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2vgj-j756-9gpx

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

  • TI-2019-11071 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Red Hat ipa CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-10236 Freeipa: idm: ipa: freeipa: obtaining tgs with impersonating cname through trust relationships CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2017-08245 FreeIPA 4.x with API version 2.213 allows a remote authenticated users to bypass intended… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2012-04734 ipa 3.0 does not properly check server identity before sending credential containing cookies CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-11136 Ipa: privilege escalation via krbcanonicalname manipulation due to realm-unaware… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-51343 Ipa: freeipa: unauthenticated dos in `/ipa/i18n_messages` via unbounded request body read CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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