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CVE-2025-44005: Step CA Has Authorization Bypass in ACME and SCEP Provisioners

December 3, 2025

A security fix is now available for Step CA that resolves a vulnerability affecting deployments configured with ACME and/or SCEP provisioners. All operators running these provisioners should upgrade to the latest release (v0.29.0) immediately.

The issue was discovered and disclosed by a research team during a security review. There is no evidence of active exploitation.

To limit exploitation risk during a coordinated disclosure window, we are withholding detailed technical information for now. A full write-up will be published in several weeks.


References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-h8cp-697h-8c8p
  • github.com/smallstep/certificates
  • github.com/smallstep/certificates/commit/1011f5f5408b470a636f583bf74c0d7bbaf75d72
  • github.com/smallstep/certificates/security/advisories/GHSA-h8cp-697h-8c8p
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-44005

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.29.0

Fixed versions

  • 0.29.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.29.0 or above.

Impact 10 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Source file

go/github.com/smallstep/certificates/CVE-2025-44005.yml

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