CVE-2017-7537

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    CVE-2017-7537

    Published: 26 Jul 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2335, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7537, https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/commit/876d13c6d20e7e1235b9

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -521099eae5977d37585b9b6bcbe50452086ac71a

    Affected versions

    v10.6.3
    v10.6.2
    v10.6.1
    v10.6.0-rc
    v10.6.0
    v10.6.0-beta2
    v10.6.0-beta

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High