Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-20179

A flaw was found in pki-core. An attacker who has successfully compromised a key could use this flaw to renew the corresponding certificate over and over again, as long as it is not explicitly revoked. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
Published 2021-03-15 13:15:15
Updated 2021-03-24 01:58:52
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org

Threat overview for CVE-2021-20179

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2021-20179
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 53
IPs affected by CVE-2021-20179 677,511
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-20179

EPSS FAQ
0.15%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 51 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2021-20179

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.5
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
8.0
4.9
 NIST
8.1
 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
2.8
5.2
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2021-20179

  • The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
    Assigned by:
    • nvd@nist.gov (Secondary)
    • secalert@redhat.com (Primary)

References for CVE-2021-20179

Products affected by CVE-2021-20179

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