CVE-2026-17039
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20179
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-17039
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506720
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/blob/master/base/ca/database/ds/acl.ldif
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/blob/master/base/ca/src/main/java/com/netscape/cms/servlet/cert/EnrollmentProcessor.java
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/blob/master/base/ca/src/main/java/com/netscape/cms/servlet/cert/RenewalProcessor.java
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/blob/master/base/ca/src/main/java/org/dogtagpki/server/ca/rest/v2/CertServlet.java
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/commit/e2de26769761af04b9c56071bd1a1926903c49b6
CWEs
CWE-863
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.