CVE-2021-3698

HIGH 7.5CVE-2021-3698 · Published 10/03/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-3698 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting cockpit (cockpit-project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.70%, higher than 53.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 260 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
cockpit cockpit-project	`< 260`	`260`

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.

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking

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