7.8

CVE-2021-3551: dogtagpki

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesRHSA-2021:2235UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3551DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3551
Published 16-02-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-3551 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in dogtagpki. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-02-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in the PKI-server, where the spkispawn command, when run in debug mode, stores admin credentials in the installation log file. This flaw allows a local attacker to retrieve the file to obtain the admin password and gain admin privileges to the Dogtag CA manager. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

8%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.19% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.19%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat30 products
Debian1 product
  • dogtag-pkiAll versions (No fix recorded)
Dogtagpki1 product
Fedoraproject1 product
Oracle1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • dogtag-pkiAll versions (No fix recorded)

6 vendors · 35 products

References

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