CVE-2008-1676
Red Hat PKI Common Framework (rhpki-common) in Red Hat Certificate System (aka Certificate Server or RHCS) 7.1 through 7.3, and Netscape Certificate Management System 6.x, does not recognize Certificate Authority profile constraints on Extensions, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions and conduct man-in-the-middle attacks by submitting a certificate signing request (CSR) and using the resulting certificate.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-255
- EPSS score
- 1.1% (65th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1677)
- Published
- July 7, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1677 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- netscape / certificate management system
- netscape / certificate management system
- netscape / certificate management system
- netscape / certificate management system
- redhat / certificate system
- redhat / certificate system
- redhat / certificate system
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0500.html(Patch)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0577.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30929
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30062
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020427
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445227
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43573
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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