A flaw was found in Dogtag PKI's ACME responder where the web.xml security constraints use exact URL pattern matching for admin-only enable/disable endpoints. By appending a trailing slash to the URL, an unauthenticated attacker can bypass the Tomcat authentication constraint while RESTEasy still routes the request to the handler, allowing unauthorized toggling of the ACME service state including persistent denial of service.
History

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in Dogtag PKI's ACME responder where the web.xml security constraints use exact URL pattern matching for admin-only enable/disable endpoints. By appending a trailing slash to the URL, an unauthenticated attacker can bypass the Tomcat authentication constraint while RESTEasy still routes the request to the handler, allowing unauthorized toggling of the ACME service state including persistent denial of service.
Title Dogtag-pki: pki-core: redhat-pki: pki: acme admin enable/disable endpoint authentication bypass via trailing slash
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat certificate System
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-288
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:certificate_system:10
cpe:/a:redhat:certificate_system:11
cpe:/a:redhat:certificate_system:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat certificate System
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-28T13:26:27.569Z

Reserved: 2026-07-28T10:15:23.892Z

Link: CVE-2026-18047

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-28T13:26:23.814Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-07-28T10:36:31Z

Links: CVE-2026-18047 - Bugzilla

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