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CVE-2025-44005

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Date: December 17, 2025

An attacker can bypass authorization checks and force a Step CA ACME or SCEP provisioner to create certificates without completing certain protocol authorization checks.

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Related Resources (7)

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2242
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-44005
https://github.com/smallstep/certificates
https://github.com/smallstep/certificates/commit/1011f5f5408b470a636f583bf74c0d7bbaf75d72
https://github.com/smallstep/certificates/security/advisories/GHSA-h8cp-697h-8c8p
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2242
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2025-44005

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Authentication

CWE-287

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CWE-306

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Upgrade to version github.com/smallstep/certificates - v0.29.0;github.com/smallstep/certificates - v0.29.0;https://github.com/smallstep/certificates.git - v0.29.0

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): NONE

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