# CVE-2026-78323: Jss: jss: jsstrustmanager does not verify nss trust flags on ca certificates

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-24 · Updated: 2026-08-24

## Affected

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

## Description

A flaw was found in JSS (Java Security Services). The JSSTrustManager class does not verify NSS trust flags when validating CA certificates, allowing certificates present in the NSS database without TRUSTED_CA flags to be accepted as trust anchors for TLS connections. In non-default configurations where certificate revocation checking is disabled, this could allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to forge certificates accepted by PKI client connections.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on redhat-pki:10/jss, jss, pki-core:10.6/jss, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-78323
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2521775

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