Red Hat Security Advisory: idm:DL1 security update
Red Hat Identity Management (IdM) is a centralized authentication, identity management, and authorization solution for both traditional and cloud-based enterprise environments. Security Fix(es): * FreeIPA: idm: Privilege escalation from host to domain admin in FreeIPA (CVE-2025-7493) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
Red Hat Identity Management (IdM) includes FreeIPA, which suffered a privilege escalation vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-7493. This vulnerability allows an attacker with host-level access to escalate privileges to domain administrator level within FreeIPA. Red Hat has released security updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and associated CodeReady Linux Builder and Extended Update Support versions to remediate this issue. The advisory is classified as important severity by Red Hat, though no CVSS score is provided. The update is available via Red Hat errata RHSA-2025:20994.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker with host access to gain domain administrator privileges in FreeIPA, potentially compromising centralized authentication and identity management controls in affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 environments. This could lead to full domain compromise and unauthorized access to sensitive resources managed by IdM.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates addressing CVE-2025-7493 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products. Users should apply the updates provided in advisory RHSA-2025:20994 promptly. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No alternative mitigations are indicated in the advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: idm:DL1 security update
Description
Red Hat Identity Management (IdM) is a centralized authentication, identity management, and authorization solution for both traditional and cloud-based enterprise environments. Security Fix(es): * FreeIPA: idm: Privilege escalation from host to domain admin in FreeIPA (CVE-2025-7493) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
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Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
Red Hat Identity Management (IdM) includes FreeIPA, which suffered a privilege escalation vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-7493. This vulnerability allows an attacker with host-level access to escalate privileges to domain administrator level within FreeIPA. Red Hat has released security updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and associated CodeReady Linux Builder and Extended Update Support versions to remediate this issue. The advisory is classified as important severity by Red Hat, though no CVSS score is provided. The update is available via Red Hat errata RHSA-2025:20994.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker with host access to gain domain administrator privileges in FreeIPA, potentially compromising centralized authentication and identity management controls in affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 environments. This could lead to full domain compromise and unauthorized access to sensitive resources managed by IdM.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates addressing CVE-2025-7493 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products. Users should apply the updates provided in advisory RHSA-2025:20994 promptly. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No alternative mitigations are indicated in the advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:20994
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3cc2984853345fc16d1c7b
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 05:54:32 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 06:33:17 UTC
Last updated: 07/02/2026, 08:51:17 UTC
Views: 4
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