vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2021-3698: CVE-2021-3698 cockpit: authenticates with revoked certificates (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Mar 10, 2022
Added
May 13, 2022
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

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.

Solutions

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