CVE-2025-44005
Step CA Has Authorization Bypass in ACME and SCEP Provisioners in github.com/smallstep/certificates
10.0
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.03%
Description
Step CA Has Authorization Bypass in ACME and SCEP Provisioners in github.com/smallstep/certificates
How to fix CVE-2025-44005
To remediate CVE-2025-44005, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Go/github.com/smallstep/certificates—upgrade to 0.29.0 or later
- —upgrade to 0.29.0 or later
Is CVE-2025-44005 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.29.0
- from 0, < 0.29.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |