CVSS 3.1
10.0 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:NCVE-2025-44005
Critical (10.0). EPSS 9.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/smallstep/certificates 0.29.0.
An attacker can bypass authorization checks and force a Step CA ACME or SCEP provisioner to create certificates without completing certain protocol authorization checks.
Severity
- EPSS
- 9.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-287
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-h8cp-697h-8c8p | Go | github.com/smallstep/certificates | <0.29.0 | 0.29.0 |
| GO-2025-4180 | Go | github.com/smallstep/certificates | <0.29.0 | 0.29.0 |