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    CVE-2025-44005 (GCVE-0-2025-44005)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-17 15:16 – Updated: 2025-12-17 18:00
    VLAI
    Summary
    An attacker can bypass authorization checks and force a Step CA ACME or SCEP provisioner to create certificates without completing certain protocol authorization checks.
    Severity
    10 (Critical)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
    Decision recorded 2025-12-17 15:37 UTC
    CWE
    • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
    Assigner
    talos CNA
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    smallstep Step-CA Affected: 0.28.4
    Affected: v0.28.3
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Credits
    Stephen Kubik of the Cisco Advanced Security Initiatives Group (ASIG)
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