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CVE-2026-17039

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Description

A flaw was found in pki-core. The certificate authority (CA) renewal request path does not perform the realm-based authorization check that the enrollment path performs, allowing an authenticated user entitled to one realm to cause a certificate belonging to a different realm to be renewed without that realm's authorization.

Severity
LOW
CVSS score
3.1 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-24 16:16:34.367000
Last modified
2026-11-06 19:17:46.157000
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  "id": "CVE-2026-17039",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-07-24T16:16:34.367",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-06T19:17:46.157",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "A flaw was found in pki-core. The certificate authority (CA) renewal request path does not perform the realm-based authorization check that the enrollment path performs, allowing an authenticated user entitled to one realm to cause a certificate belonging to a different realm to be renewed without that realm's authorization."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
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      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
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          "product": "Red Hat Certificate System 10",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
          "packageName": "redhat-pki",
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/a:redhat:certificate_system:10"
          ]
        },
        {
          "vendor": "Red Hat",
          "product": "Red Hat Certificate System 11",
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          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/a:redhat:certificate_system:11"
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          "cpes": [
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
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        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Secondary",
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          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
          "baseScore": 3.1,
          "baseSeverity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE"
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        "exploitabilityScore": 1.6,
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    ],
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        "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
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          ],
          "role": "CISA Coordinator",
          "version": "2.0.3"
        }
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  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "type": "Secondary",
      "description": [
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          "value": "CWE-863"
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  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20179",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-17039",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506720",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/blob/master/base/ca/database/ds/acl.ldif",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/blob/master/base/ca/src/main/java/com/netscape/cms/servlet/cert/EnrollmentProcessor.java",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/blob/master/base/ca/src/main/java/com/netscape/cms/servlet/cert/RenewalProcessor.java",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/blob/master/base/ca/src/main/java/org/dogtagpki/server/ca/rest/v2/CertServlet.java",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/commit/e2de26769761af04b9c56071bd1a1926903c49b6",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}