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Medium 5.0Published Dec 3, 2025

CVE-2025-66406Improper Authorization Check for SSH Certificate Revocation

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It affects smallstep certificates. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

Step CA is an online certificate authority for secure, automated certificate management for DevOps. Prior to 0.29.0, there is an improper authorization check for SSH certificate revocation. This affects deployments configured with the SSHPOP provisioner. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.29.0.

CVSS
5.0 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-863
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
GitHub_M
NVD analysis
Deferred
Record last updated
Dec 3, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
smallstep certificates
smallstep:certificates (from the name)
before 0.29.0
CNA record

References

References

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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