Security advisory

{
  "id": "3a89f40d0ced753b3a7b8010defeec847a72da89cdb57807de48cff6e942eaf8",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7537",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-7537",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-7537",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-7537",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-7537"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "521099eae5977d37585b9b6bcbe50452086ac71a"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "876d13c6d20e7e1235b9"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "10.6.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "876d13c6d20e7e1235b9"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "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",
            "v10.5.3",
            "v10.5.2",
            "v10.5.1",
            "DOGTAG_10_5_1_FEDORA_27",
            "v10.5.0",
            "DOGTAG_10_5_0_FEDORA_27",
            "v10.4.8",
            "DOGTAG_10_4_8_FEDORA_27",
            "v10.4.7",
            "DOGTAG_10_4_FEDORA_27_20170612",
            "DOGTAG_10_4_FEDORA_27_20170605",
            "v10.4.6",
            "DOGTAG_10_4_FEDORA_27_20170530",
            "v10.4.5",
            "DOGTAG_10_4_FEDORA_27_20170522",
            "v10.4.4",
            "DOGTAG_10_4_FEDORA_27_20170509",
            "v10.4.3",
            "DOGTAG_10_4_FEDORA_27_20170501",
            "v10.4.2",
            "DOGTAG_10_4_FEDORA_27_20170413",
            "v10.4.1",
            "DOGTAG_10_4_FEDORA_27_20170331",
            "v10.3.5",
            "DOGTAG_10_3_5_FEDORA_24_20160808",
            "v10.3.4",
            "DOGTAG_10_3_4_FEDORA_24_20160705",
            "v10.3.3",
            "DOGTAG_10_3_3_FEDORA_24_20160620",
            "v10.3.2",
            "DOGTAG_10_3_2_FEDORA_24_20160607",
            "v10.3.1",
            "DOGTAG_10_3_1_FEDORA_24_20160517",
            "v10.3.0",
            "DOGTAG_10_3_0_FEDORA_24_20160516",
            "DOGTAG_10_3_0_b1_FEDORA_24_BETA_20160418",
            "DOGTAG_10_3_0_a2_FEDORA_24_ALPHA_20160407",
            "DOGTAG_10_3_0_a1_FEDORA_24_ALPHA_20160307",
            "DOGTAG_10_2_20150808",
            "v10.2.6",
            "DOGTAG_10_2_6_FEDORA_22_23_20150718",
            "v10.2.5",
            "DOGTAG_10_2_5_FEDORA_22_20150619",
            "v10.2.4",
            "DOGTAG_10_2_4_FEDORA_22_20150526",
            "v10.2.3",
            "DOGTAG_10_2_3_FEDORA_22_20150423",
            "v10.2.2",
            "DOGTAG_10_2_2_FEDORA_22_20150318",
            "v10.2.1",
            "DOGTAG_10_2_1_FEDORA_22_20150108",
            "v10.2.0",
            "pki-core-10.2.0-3",
            "pki-core-10.2.1-0.1",
            "DOGTAG_10_2_0_ALPHA_FEDORA_21_20140909",
            "v10.1.0",
            "DOGTAG_10_1_0_GA_FEDORA_20_20131121",
            "DOGTAG_10_1_0_BETA_FEDORA_20_20131111",
            "DOGTAG_10_1_0_BETA_20131111",
            "v10.0.2",
            "DOGTAG_10_0_2_FEDORA_18_19_20130507",
            "DOGTAG_10_0_0_ALPHA_FEDORA_16_17_20120314"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7537.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:34.524363770Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "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"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "7.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "7.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "7.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-7537",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380571,
  "published_at": "2018-07-26T13:29:00.34+00:00"
}