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CVE-2017-7537

It was found that a mock CMC authentication plugin with a hardcoded secret was accidentally enabled by default in the pki-core package befo…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.9
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.5%
percentile 74%
Public exploits
0
none known

It was found that a mock CMC authentication plugin with a hardcoded secret was accidentally enabled by default in the pki-core package before 10.6.4. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to bypass the regular authentication process and trick the CA server into issuing certificates.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.46% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
CNA3.05.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA3.05.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Dogtag PKI pki-core

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-592 DEPRECATED: Authentication Bypass Issues
  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

  • github.com /dogtagpki/pki/commit/876d13c6d20e7e1235b9 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:2335 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7537 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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