# CVE-2024-36066: The CMP CLI client in KeyFactor EJBCA before 8.3.1 has only 6 octets of salt, and is thus not compliant with the security requirements of RF

- Severity: CVSS 3.1 (Low), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-12 · Updated: 2025-03-25

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The CMP CLI client in KeyFactor EJBCA before 8.3.1 has only 6 octets of salt, and is thus not compliant with the security requirements of RFC 4211, and might make man-in-the-middle attacks easier. CMP includes password-based MAC as one of the options for message integrity and authentication (the other option is certificate-based). RFC 4211 section 4.4 requires that password-based MAC parameters use a salt with a random value of at least 8 octets. This helps to inhibit dictionary attacks. Because the standalone CMP client originally was developed as test code, the salt was instead hardcoded and only 6 octets long.

## What to do

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## References

- https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4211#section-4.4
- https://support.keyfactor.com/hc/en-us/articles/26965687021595-EJBCA-Security-Advisory-EJBCA-standalone-CMP-CLI-client

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