CVE-2026-76561

What it is

A flaw was found in Dogtag PKI, as used by FreeIPA's certificate authority component. The certificate profile import functionality does not fully validate uploaded profile content beyond the profile ID. An authenticated user with CA Administrator privileges can exploit Dogtag's ExternalProcessConstraint mechanism to execute arbitrary commands with attacker-controlled environment variables, achieving code execution as the pkiuser account.

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited over the network with an admin-level account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.

Exploit odds

0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.

Timeline

1. 2026-09-08 08:17 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-11-05 00:17 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Details

Published

2026-09-08 08:17 UTC

Last modified

2026-11-05 00:17 UTC

Exploit probability

0.8% · EPSS, next 30 days

Weakness

CWE-78 · OS command injection

Record status

Awaiting Analysis

Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.2

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges needed

High

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High