Low 3.1Published Jul 24, 2026

CVE-2026-17039Pki-core: dogtag-pki: redhat-pki: pki-core: ca renewal request processing omits realm authorization check performed by enrollment path

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 4:00 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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: 3.1 LOW (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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: redhat
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Jul 24, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Red Hat Red Hat Certificate System 10 redhat:certificate_system	10	CNA record
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 redhat:enterprise_linux	10	CNA record

References

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20179
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-17039	vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506720	issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
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

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