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CVE-2020-28942: An issue exists in PrimeKey EJBCA before 7.4.3 when enrolling with EST while proxied through an RA over the Peers protocol. As a part of EJBCA's domain security model, the peer connector allows the...
CVE-2020-28942 · published 5 years ago
Summary
An issue exists in PrimeKey EJBCA before 7.4.3 when enrolling with EST while proxied through an RA over the Peers protocol. As a part of EJBCA's domain security model, the peer connector allows the restriction of client certificates (for the RA, not the end user) to a limited set of allowed CAs, thu...
What to do
- Update primekey ejbca to version 7.4.3 or later.
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| primekey | ejbca |
< 7.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:primekey:ejbca:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
Original advisory text
An issue exists in PrimeKey EJBCA before 7.4.3 when enrolling with EST while proxied through an RA over the Peers protocol. As a part of EJBCA's domain security model, the peer connector allows the...
An issue exists in PrimeKey EJBCA before 7.4.3 when enrolling with EST while proxied through an RA over the Peers protocol. As a part of EJBCA's domain security model, the peer connector allows the restriction of client certificates (for the RA, not the end user) to a limited set of allowed CAs, thus restricting the accessibility of that RA to the rights it has within a specific role. While this works for other protocols such as CMP, it was found that the EJBCA enrollment over an EST implementation bypasses this check, allowing enrollment with a valid client certificate through any functioning and authenticated RA connected to the CA. NOTE: an attacker must already have a trusted client certificate and authorization to enroll against the targeted CA.
References
- https://support.primekey.com/news/posts/40 Vendor Advisory
Internet-facing
60 days
Internal
At next upgrade
- Not known to be exploited
- Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
- Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)
Type
CWE-295Improper Certificate Validation
Timeline
Published19 Nov 2020
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen29 Sep 2026
Sources
CVE-2020-28942 · NVD
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