CVE-2017-7537

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-592 CWE-798

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dogtag PKI	pki-core	10.6.4

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2335Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7537Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/commit/876d13c6d20e7e1235b9Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2335Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7537Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/commit/876d13c6d20e7e1235b9Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 26, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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