VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-7030

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability4.70%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-08-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

FreeIPA uses a default password policy that locks an account after 5 unsuccessful authentication attempts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by locking out the account in which system services run on.

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