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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-3908

OctoRPKI does not limit the depth of a certificate chain, allowing for a CA to create children in an ad-hoc fashion, thereby making tree traversal never end.

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CVE-2021-3908
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31 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-3908

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Nov 2021, 22:15 UTC

OctoRPKI does not limit the depth of a certificate chain, allowing for a CA to create children in an ad-hoc fashion, thereby making tree traversal never end.

osv:CVE-2021-3908
Complete source record
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  "id": "586cbcb31aa3b18ac7727b963c0fd4f889242e083effbbc434fab58f2923b784",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-3908",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-3908",
    "summary": "OctoRPKI does not limit the depth of a certificate chain, allowing for a CA to create children in an ad-hoc fashion, thereby making tree traversal never end.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-3908",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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        "GHSA-g5gj-9ggf-9vmq",
        "GO-2022-0249"
      ],
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                },
                {
                  "fixed": "a8db4e009ef217484598ba1fd1c595b54e0f6422"
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            "1.0.3",
            "1.0.2",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-3908.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:52.683471303Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki/security/advisories/GHSA-g5gj-9ggf-9vmq",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5041"
      ],
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              }
            ]
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        ]
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    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-3908",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 386337,
  "published_at": "2021-11-11T22:15:07.877+00:00"
}