8.1

CVE-2021-20179: dogtagpki Incorrect Authorization

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2021:0966UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20179USN-8158-1
Published 15-03-2021Last modified 03-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-20179 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in dogtagpki. EPSS estimates a 1.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.1, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4
RHSA-2021:0819RHSA-2021:0851RHSA-2021:0975RHSA-2021:1263

Timeline

  1. 15-03-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in pki-core. An attacker who has successfully compromised a key could use this flaw to renew the corresponding certificate over and over again, as long as it is not explicitly revoked. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

69%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.22% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat22 products
  • certificate_system10.0
  • enterprise_linuxEOL7.0 | 8.0
  • jss< 0:4.7.3-1.module+el8.3.0+8058+d5cd4219
  • jss-debuginfo< 0:4.7.3-1.module+el8.3.0+8058+d5cd4219
  • jss-debugsource< 0:4.7.3-1.module+el8.3.0+8058+d5cd4219
Debian1 product
  • dogtag-pki< 10.10.2-2
Dogtagpki1 product
  • dogtagpki< 10.5.0 | ≥ 10.5.1, < 10.8.0 | ≥ 10.8.1, < 10.9.0 | ≥ 10.9.1, < 10.10.0 | ≥ 10.10.1, < 10.11.0
Fedoraproject1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • dogtag-pki< 10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1 | < 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1

5 vendors · 26 products

References

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