CVE-2020-28942

MEDIUM

PrimeKey EJBCA < 7.4.3 - Certificate Validation Bypass via EST Enrollment

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.primekey.com/news/posts/40

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 27.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-295
Status published
Products (1)
primekey/ejbca < 7.4.3
Published Nov 19, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026