CVE-2016-5404

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Published 2016-09-07 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

Description

The cert_revoke command in FreeIPA does not check for the "revoke certificate" permission, which allows remote authenticated users to revoke arbitrary certificates by leveraging the "retrieve certificate" permission.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Fedora Affected 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
25	Affected	—
24	Affected	—
23	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`4.3.2-5`
sid	Fixed	`4.3.2-5`
bookworm	Fixed	`4.3.2-5`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
freeipa	freeipa	`-`

References

CWEs

CWE-284

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.