CVE-2026-76561: Pki-core: dogtag/pki: certprofile-import allows code execution via unsanitized profile content (externalprocessconstraint)
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-76561 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in dogtag-pki. EPSS estimates a 0.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.2, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 08-09-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 02-11-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A flaw was found in Dogtag PKI, as used by FreeIPA's certificate authority component. The certificate profile import functionality does not fully validate uploaded profile content beyond the profile ID. An authenticated user with CA Administrator privileges can exploit Dogtag's ExternalProcessConstraint mechanism to execute arbitrary commands with attacker-controlled environment variables, achieving code execution as the pkiuser account.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated7.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST7.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.75%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
55%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.32 pp
From 0.43% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, administrative account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat26 products
- idm-jss< 0:4.11.0-1.module+el8.10.0+21280+cce842b8
- idm-jss-debuginfo< 0:4.11.0-1.module+el8.10.0+21280+cce842b8
- idm-jss-javadoc< 0:4.11.0-1.module+el8.10.0+21280+cce842b8
- idm-ldapjdk< 0:4.24.0-1.module+el8.10.0+21280+cce842b8
- idm-ldapjdk-javadoc< 0:4.24.0-1.module+el8.10.0+21280+cce842b8
Ubuntu1 product
- dogtag-pkiAll versions (No fix recorded)
2 vendors · 27 products
