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Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2025-44005

CRITICAL10.0

An attacker can bypass authorization checks and force a Step CA ACME or SCEP provisioner to create certificates without completing certain protocol authorization checks

Published Dec 17, 2025

Modified 4 weeks ago

No fix available

Details

An attacker can bypass authorization checks and force a Step CA ACME or SCEP provisioner to create certificates without completing certain protocol authorization checks.

References

WEBhttps://github.com/smallstep/certificates/security/advisories/GHSA-h8cp-697h-8c8p WEBhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2242 ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-44005 WEBhttps://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2242

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

10.0

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

ChangedS:C

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

NoneA:N

10/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weakness Type (CWE)

Authentication

Improper Authentication

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedDec 17, 2025

ModifiedDec 17, 2025

CVE-2025-44005 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence