CVE-2026-17039

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.

CVSS v3 3.1 LOW

3.1^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
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

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-07-24 16:16

Updated : 2026-07-25 02:16

NVD link : CVE-2026-17039

Mitre link : CVE-2026-17039

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-17039

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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