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CVE-2026-71317: Lemur: Sub-CA creation never checks `AuthorityPermission` on the parent authority

August 18, 2026

Repo under test: https://github.com/Netflix/lemur

When ADMIN_ONLY_AUTHORITY_CREATION=False (an explicitly supported and documented configuration), POST /api/1/authorities with type=subca never verifies that the caller holds AuthorityPermission on the supplied parent authority. The parent field is resolved by AssociatedAuthoritySchema via a raw fetch_objects(Authority, data) lookup, then passed straight through service.create → mint → cryptography-issuer.create_authority, which loads options["parent"].authority_certificate.private_key and signs a brand-new intermediate CA on the caller’s behalf.

Any authenticated non-read-only user can therefore mint a sub-CA chained to any internal root whose private key Lemur holds — including roots they hold no role on — attach a role they already belong to, and immediately issue or offline-sign trusted leaf certificates for arbitrary names.

References

  • github.com/Netflix/lemur/commit/8669011203ca3dd89d9e39bab9ef6850eca723f9
  • github.com/Netflix/lemur/releases/tag/v1.9.3
  • github.com/Netflix/lemur/security/advisories/GHSA-g7p5-89mh-248h
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-g7p5-89mh-248h
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71317

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.9.3

Fixed versions

  • 1.9.3

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.9.3 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Source file

pypi/lemur/CVE-2026-71317.yml

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