CVE-2017-7537 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2017-7537

It was found that a mock CMC authentication plugin with...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

pki-core
Vulnerable Versions:
10.6.4

Timeline

Official Publish: July 26th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-592

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.