CVE-2021-3698

cockpit: authenticates with revoked certificates

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A flaw was found in Cockpit in versions prior to 260 in the way it handles the certificate verification performed by the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD). This flaw allows client certificates to authenticate successfully, regardless of the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) configuration or the certificate status. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Se ha encontrado un fallo en Cockpit en versiones anteriores a la 260 en la forma en que maneja la verificación de certificados llevada a cabo por el demonio de servicios de seguridad del sistema (SSSD). Este fallo permite que los certificados de clientes sean autenticados con éxito, independientemente de la configuración de la Lista de Revocación de Certificados (CRL) o del estado del certificado. La mayor amenaza de esta vulnerabilidad es para la confidencialidad

A flaw was found in Cockpit in the way it handles the certificate verification performed by the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD). This flaw allows client certificates to authenticate successfully, regardless of the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) configuration or the certificate status. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-08-10 CVE Reserved
2022-03-08 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-11-21 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1992149	2022-03-14
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3698	2022-05-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cockpit-project Search vendor "Cockpit-project"		Cockpit Search vendor "Cockpit-project" for product "Cockpit"				< 260 Search vendor "Cockpit-project" for product "Cockpit" and version " < 260"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected