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CVE-2020-28942

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.36%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-11-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2020-28942
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
0.36%

Original NVD 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.

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