{"cve":"CVE-2025-44005","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-17T16:16:05.847","modified":"2026-06-17T09:24:54.180","status":"Deferred","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N","score":10.0},"cwes":["CWE-287"],"references":["https://github.com/smallstep/certificates/security/advisories/GHSA-h8cp-697h-8c8p","https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2242","https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2242"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-44005","score":0.09091,"percentile":0.953,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-h8cp-697h-8c8p","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-h8cp-697h-8c8p","summary":"Step CA Has Authorization Bypass in ACME and SCEP Provisioners","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:31.905684909Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/smallstep/certificates","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/smallstep/certificates","ranges":["<0.29.0"],"fixed":["0.29.0"]}]},{"id":"GO-2025-4180","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2025-4180","summary":"Step CA Has Authorization Bypass in ACME and SCEP Provisioners in github.com/smallstep/certificates","modified":"2026-02-04T03:46:23.225547Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/smallstep/certificates","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/smallstep/certificates","ranges":["<0.29.0"],"fixed":["0.29.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}