CVE-2024-36066

low-risk
Published 2024-09-12

The CMP CLI client in KeyFactor EJBCA before 8.3.1 has only 6 octets of salt, and is thus not compliant with the security requirements of RFC 4211, and might make man-in-the-middle attacks easier. CMP includes password-based MAC as one of the options for message integrity and authentication (the other option is certificate-based). RFC 4211 section 4.4 requires that password-based MAC parameters use a salt with a random value of at least 8 octets. This helps to inhibit dictionary attacks. Because the standalone CMP client originally was developed as test code, the salt was instead hardcoded and only 6 octets long.

Do I need to act?

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0.40% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 3.1/10 Low
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Ejbca

Affected Vendors

18
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low-risk
Severity 11/34 · Low
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal