CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-30836

Improper Authentication

Published: Mar 19, 2026 | Modified: Apr 27, 2026
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
10 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Step CA is an online certificate authority for secure, automated certificate management for DevOps. Versions 0.30.0-rc6 and below do not safeguard against unauthenticated certificate issuance through the SCEP UpdateReq. This issue has been fixed in version 0.30.0.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Step-caSmallstep*0.30.0 (excluding)
Step-caSmallstep0.30.0-rc1 (including)0.30.0-rc1 (including)
Step-caSmallstep0.30.0-rc2 (including)0.30.0-rc2 (including)
Step-caSmallstep0.30.0-rc3 (including)0.30.0-rc3 (including)
Step-caSmallstep0.30.0-rc4 (including)0.30.0-rc4 (including)
Step-caSmallstep0.30.0-rc5 (including)0.30.0-rc5 (including)
Step-caSmallstep0.30.0-rc6 (including)0.30.0-rc6 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References