CVE-2019-10195 — freeipa
MEDIUMCVE-2019-10195 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) Information Exposure vulnerability in freeipa. A fix is available for freeipa — see the affected versions and patch details below.
FreeIPA logs passwords embedded in commands in calls using batch
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2019-10195 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,333 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
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Description
A flaw was found in IPA, all 4.6.x versions before 4.6.7, all 4.7.x versions before 4.7.4 and all 4.8.x versions before 4.8.3, in the way that FreeIPA's batch processing API logged operations. This included passing user passwords in clear text on FreeIPA masters. Batch processing of commands with passwords as arguments or options is not performed by default in FreeIPA but is possible by third-party components. An attacker having access to system logs on FreeIPA masters could use this flaw to produce log file content with passwords exposed.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | freeipa | ≥ 4.6.0&&< 4.6.7 | 4.6.7pip install --upgrade 'freeipa==4.6.7' |
| 🐍PyPI | freeipa | ≥ 4.7.0&&< 4.7.4 | 4.7.4pip install --upgrade 'freeipa==4.7.4' |
| 🐍PyPI | freeipa | ≥ 4.8.0&&< 4.8.3 | 4.8.3pip install --upgrade 'freeipa==4.8.3' |
| 🐍PyPI | ipa | ≥ 4.6.0&&< 4.6.7 | 4.6.7pip install --upgrade 'ipa==4.6.7' |
| 🐍PyPI | ipa | ≥ 4.7.0&&< 4.7.4 | 4.7.4pip install --upgrade 'ipa==4.7.4' |
| 🐍PyPI | ipa | ≥ 4.8.0&&< 4.8.3 | 4.8.3pip install --upgrade 'ipa==4.8.3' |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for freeipa, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update freeipa to 4.6.7 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2019-10195 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2019-10195 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2019-10195. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
This vulnerability exists in the server component of FreeIPA. Client packages are not affected.
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ipa-0:4.6.5-11.el7_7.4 | RHSA-2020:0378 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | idm:DL1-8010020191127093529.6573b795 | RHBA-2019:4268 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions | idm:DL1-8000020200217171713.2874843d | RHSA-2020:1269 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2019-10195 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2019-10195 across PyPI dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.