7.5

CVE-2017-7537: dogtag pki pki-core DEPRECATED: Authentication Bypass Issues

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesRHSA-2017:2335UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7537DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7537
Published 26-07-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-7537 is a high (CVSS 7.5) DEPRECATED: Authentication Bypass Issues vulnerability in dogtag pki pki-core. EPSS estimates a 1.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.46%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-7146-1

Timeline

  1. 26-07-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.46% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat13 products
Debian1 product
  • dogtag-pki< 10.3.5+12-5
Dogtag pki1 product
Dogtagpki1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • dogtag-pki< 10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

5 vendors · 17 products

References

13 links
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