{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"CVE-2017-7537","aliases":["RHSA-2017:2335","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7537","DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7537"],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"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.","dates":{"published":"2018-07-26T13:00:00.000Z","modified":"2024-08-05T16:04:11.958Z","reserved":null,"kevAdded":[],"kevDue":[]},"cvss":{"headline":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","version":"3.0","versionLabel":"v3.0","source":"NVD","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","computed":false,"selection":"backend-summary"},"metrics":[{"version":"3.0","versionLabel":"v3.0","source":"CVE.org","score":5.9,"severity":"medium","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","exploitability":null,"impact":null,"computed":false},{"version":"3.0","versionLabel":"v3.0","source":"NVD","score":7.5,"severity":"high","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","exploitability":null,"impact":null,"computed":false},{"version":"2.0","versionLabel":"v2.0","source":"NVD","score":5,"severity":"medium","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","exploitability":null,"impact":null,"computed":false},{"version":"3.0","versionLabel":"v3.0","source":"OSV · Red hat","score":5.9,"severity":"medium","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","exploitability":5.6,"impact":6,"computed":true},{"version":"3.0","versionLabel":"v3.0","source":"OSV · Ubuntu","score":5.9,"severity":"medium","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","exploitability":5.6,"impact":6,"computed":true},{"version":"3.0","versionLabel":"v3.0","source":"OSV · Debian","score":7.5,"severity":"high","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","exploitability":10,"impact":6,"computed":true}]},"epss":{"probability":0.01458,"percentile":0.73327,"severity":"low","asOf":"2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","change":{"pp":0,"baselineDate":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","baselineScore":0.01458},"history":[{"date":"2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":0.73327}],"last30":[{"date":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.01458,"percentile":0.73327}]},"kev":{"state":"not-listed","entries":[],"listedCount":0,"totalCatalogs":3,"catalogs":[{"source":"cisa","label":"CISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"enisa","label":"ENISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"circl","label":"CIRCL","listed":false,"entry":null}]},"ransomware":{"state":"none-recorded","sources":[]},"exploits":[{"id":"REF_D84D5984A3089F31","name":"Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)","source":"reference","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7537","maturity":"unknown","reliabilityScore":0.2,"verified":false,"type":null,"platforms":[],"requiresAuth":null,"exploitdb":null,"metasploit":null}],"exploitCount":1,"weaknesses":[{"id":"CWE-592","name":"DEPRECATED: Authentication Bypass Issues","description":"This weakness has been deprecated because it covered redundant concepts already described in CWE-287.","type":"weakness","status":"Deprecated","abstraction":"Class","likelihoodOfExploit":null,"url":"https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/592.html"},{"id":"CWE-798","name":"Use of Hard-coded Credentials","description":"The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key.","type":"weakness","status":"Draft","abstraction":"Base","likelihoodOfExploit":"High","url":"https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/798.html"}],"affected":[{"vendor":"debian","product":"dogtag-pki","name":"dogtag-pki","label":"dogtag-pki","ecosystem":"Debian","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:deb/debian/dogtag-pki","purlType":"deb","versions":[{"text":"< 10.3.5+12-5","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 10.3.5+12-5","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"ubuntu","product":"dogtag-pki","name":"dogtag-pki","label":"dogtag-pki","ecosystem":"Ubuntu","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dogtag-pki","purlType":"deb","versions":[{"text":"< 10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"dogtag pki","product":"pki-core","name":"pki-core","label":"pki-core","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"10.6.4","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"10.6.4","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/dogtag_pki/pki-core"},{"vendor":"dogtagpki","product":"dogtagpki","name":"dogtagpki","label":"dogtagpki","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"< 10.6.4","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 10.6.4","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/dogtagpki/dogtagpki"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"enterprise_linux_desktop","name":"enterprise linux desktop","label":"enterprise_linux_desktop","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"o","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"7.0","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"7.0","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"enterprise_linux_server","name":"enterprise linux server","label":"enterprise_linux_server","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"o","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"7.0","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"7.0","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/redhat/enterprise_linux_server"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"enterprise_linux_workstation","name":"enterprise linux workstation","label":"enterprise_linux_workstation","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"o","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"7.0","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"7.0","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"pki-base","name":"pki-base","label":"pki-base","ecosystem":"Red Hat","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/pki-base","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"pki-base-java","name":"pki-base-java","label":"pki-base-java","ecosystem":"Red Hat","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/pki-base-java","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"pki-ca","name":"pki-ca","label":"pki-ca","ecosystem":"Red Hat","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/pki-ca","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"pki-core","name":"pki-core","label":"pki-core","ecosystem":"Red Hat","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/pki-core","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"pki-core-debuginfo","name":"pki-core-debuginfo","label":"pki-core-debuginfo","ecosystem":"Red Hat","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/pki-core-debuginfo","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"pki-javadoc","name":"pki-javadoc","label":"pki-javadoc","ecosystem":"Red Hat","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/pki-javadoc","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"pki-kra","name":"pki-kra","label":"pki-kra","ecosystem":"Red Hat","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/pki-kra","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"pki-server","name":"pki-server","label":"pki-server","ecosystem":"Red Hat","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/pki-server","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"pki-symkey","name":"pki-symkey","label":"pki-symkey","ecosystem":"Red Hat","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/pki-symkey","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"pki-tools","name":"pki-tools","label":"pki-tools","ecosystem":"Red Hat","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/pki-tools","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 0:10.4.1-11.el7","eol":null,"hubHref":null}],"affectedCount":17,"eol":{"hasEol":false,"count":0},"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/commit/876d13c6d20e7e1235b9","label":"github.com/dogtagpki/pki/commit/876d13c6d20e7e1235b9","hostname":"github.com","tags":["X Refsource CONFIRM","Patch","Third Party Advisory","REPORT"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2335","label":"access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2335","hostname":"access.redhat.com","tags":["Vendor Advisory","X Refsource REDHAT","Third Party Advisory","Advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7537","label":"bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7537","hostname":"bugzilla.redhat.com","tags":["X Refsource CONFIRM","Exploit","Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate","label":"access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/","hostname":"access.redhat.com","tags":["ARTICLE"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1469432","label":"bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1469432","hostname":"bugzilla.redhat.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470817","label":"bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470817","hostname":"bugzilla.redhat.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2017/rhsa-2017_2335.json","label":"security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2017/rhsa-2017_2335.json","hostname":"security.access.redhat.com","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7537","label":"access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7537","hostname":"access.redhat.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7537","label":"www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7537","hostname":"www.cve.org","tags":["Advisory","REPORT"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7537","label":"nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7537","hostname":"nvd.nist.gov","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7537","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7537","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7146-1","label":"ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7146-1","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7537","label":"security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7537","hostname":"security-tracker.debian.org","tags":["Advisory"]}],"lineage":{"upstream":[],"downstream":["USN-7146-1"],"duplicates":[],"related":["USN-7146-1"]},"timeline":[{"kind":"published","date":"2018-07-26T13:00:00.000Z","label":"Published","detail":"Vulnerability first disclosed.","source":null},{"kind":"modified","date":"2024-08-05T16:04:11.958Z","label":"Last modified","detail":"Vulnerability information updated.","source":null}],"risk":{"score":40,"level":"medium","profile":"Default","thresholds":{"critical":75,"high":50,"medium":25,"low":10}},"meta":{"dataAsOf":"2026-10-22T14:46:15.096Z","stale":false,"partial":false}}