CVE-2025-44005
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 10.0 Critical
- Published
- Dec 17, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 17, 2025
- Reserved
- Jul 28, 2025
Description
An attacker can bypass authorization checks and force a Step CA ACME or SCEP provisioner to create certificates without completing certain protocol authorization checks.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 10.0 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | talos |
Weaknesses
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Step-CAsmallstep |
|
References
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