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CVE-2025-44005

Published: Dec 17, 2025

Modified: Dec 17, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

10.0

CRITICAL

Description

An attacker can bypass authorization checks and force a Step CA ACME or SCEP provisioner to create certificates without completing certain protocol authorization checks.

VendorProductVersions

smallstep

Step-CA

affected
0.28.4
affected
v0.28.3

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

References

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