# CVE-2021-20179: A flaw was found in pki-core.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-03-15 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a pki-core: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a pki-core, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914379
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3478
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3477
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3476
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3475
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3474
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3I7BRAHLE2WWSY76W3CKFCF5WSSAE24/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HRE44N6P24AEDKRMWK7RPRLMCUUBRJII/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DDOLFOLEIV7I4EUC3SCZBXL6E2ER7ZEN/

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