Description
Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) before 8.1.1 and Dogtag Certificate System does not properly check certificate revocation requests made through the web interface, which allows remote attackers with permissions to revoke end entity certificates to revoke the Certificate Authority (CA) certificate.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Certificate System 8 | pki-tps +4 | 8.1.1-1.el5pki | RHSA-2012:1103 |
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2012:1103 Red Hat Security Advisory: pki security and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 28, 2026
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=836268
- 1027284 vdb-entry
- 84098 vdb-entry
- 50013 third-party-advisory
- https://fedorahosted.org/pki/changeset/2430
- rhcs-certificate-manager-sec-bypass(77102) vdb-entry
- 54608 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2012:1103 vendor-advisory