What is CVE-2021-40087?

CVE-2021-40087 is a low-severity vulnerability in Primekey Ejbca, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2021-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2021-40087?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Primekey Ejbca

CVE-2021-40087

An issue was discovered in PrimeKey EJBCA before 7.6.0. When audit logging changes to the alias configurations of various protocols that use an enrollment secret, any modifications to the secret were logged in cleartext in the audit log (that can only be viewed by an administrator). This affects use of any of the following protocols: SCEP, CMP, or EST.

EPSS: 0.004 (33.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Primekey Ejbca
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40087?: CVE-2021-40087 is a low-severity vulnerability in Primekey Ejbca, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2021-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2021-40087?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.7 out of 10.