Red HatCVE-2026-17039
Red Hat pki-core: improper authorization
Low3.1CVE-2026-17039 · Published Jul 24, 2026 · updated Jul 25, 2026
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.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Certificate System 10 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Certificate System 11 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Certificate System 9 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-863
- www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-17039
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17039
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20179
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-17039
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506720
- github.com/dogtagpki/pki/blob/master/base/ca/database/ds/acl.ldif
- github.com/dogtagpki/pki/blob/master/base/ca/src/main/java/com/netscape/cms/servlet/cert/EnrollmentProcessor.java
- github.com/dogtagpki/pki/blob/master/base/ca/src/main/java/com/netscape/cms/servlet/cert/RenewalProcessor.java
- github.com/dogtagpki/pki/blob/master/base/ca/src/main/java/org/dogtagpki/server/ca/rest/v2/CertServlet.java
- github.com/dogtagpki/pki/commit/e2de26769761af04b9c56071bd1a1926903c49b6
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