CVE-2021-20179 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-20179

A flaw was found in pki-core. An attacker who has...

Vulnerability Description

A flaw was found in pki-core. An attacker who has successfully compromised a key could use this flaw to renew the corresponding certificate over and over again, as long as it is not explicitly revoked. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.

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.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

pki-core
Vulnerable Versions:
pki-core 10.5, pki-core 10.8, pki-core 10.9, pki-core 10.10, pki-core 10.11

Timeline

Official Publish: March 15th, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)