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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2025-44005

An attacker can bypass authorization checks and force a Step CA ACME or SCEP provisioner to create certificates without completing certain protocol authorization checks.

CRITICAL 10.0EPSS 9.09%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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 3.1
10.0 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
9.09% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Source
talos-cna@cisco.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.