Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2023-4727 is an authentication bypass in Dogtag PKI / Red Hat pki-core certificate authority components. A malformed session identifier can abuse LDAP session lookup and authenticate as an existing saved session. For organizations using Red Hat Certificate System or Dogtag-based CA services, this could affect certificate authority trust operations and privileges.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation for certificate authority infrastructure because compromise can affect identity, trust, and certificate issuance workflows. Treat as high priority for exposed or shared PKI services, while noting there is no sourced evidence of active exploitation in this bundle.
Technical view
The flaw is in the token authentication scheme for dogtag-pki / pki-core. LDAP injection in session lookup can allow authentication using an existing session stored in LDAP. Red Hat rates it High with CVSS 3.1 score 7.5, high complexity, no privileges required, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely where affected Red Hat pki-core or redhat-pki:10 packages run CA services on listed RHEL 7, 8, 9, EUS, AUS, TUS, or E4S streams. Keycloak is marked unaffected in the provided data. RHEL 6 status is unknown and needs vendor confirmation.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited active exploitation. Exploitation appears to require access to the vulnerable CA service and an existing saved LDAP session. CVSS lists adjacent attack vector and high attack complexity, but no prior authentication or user interaction.
Researcher notes
Primary issue maps to CWE-305: authentication bypass by primary weakness. Public references include Red Hat advisories, Red Hat CVE entry, Bugzilla, GitHub advisory, and Dogtag PKI commits. Evidence is incomplete for RHEL 6 status and for any real-world exploitation.
Mitigation direction
- Apply the relevant Red Hat security advisory updates for your RHEL or Certificate System stream.
- Update affected pki-core or redhat-pki:10 packages according to Red Hat guidance.
- Restrict network access to CA and PKI administrative interfaces where feasible.
- For RHEL 6 or unclear deployments, request Red Hat support guidance.
Validation and detection
- Inventory systems running dogtag-pki, pki-core, or Red Hat Certificate System.
- Compare installed package versions against the affected versions in Red Hat advisories.
- Confirm the applicable RHSA update is installed for each supported stream.
- Review CA authentication logs for unusual session identifier handling or failed token authentication events.
- Do not classify Keycloak as affected based only on this bundle.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
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ATT&CK lookup starting points
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CWE-305: Exact CWE lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookupCredential and access behavior lookup
The CVE wording references authentication or credential exposure, so valid-account and credential-access review may help. This is a Glexia inferred lookup path, not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, or CVE Program mapping.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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SSVC decision data
CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.65.9redhatVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability timeline
Timeline events are normalized from CVE metadata, CNA source timelines, ADP timelines, and KEV metadata when present.
- Source timelineredhat
Reported to Red Hat.
- CVE reservedCVE Program
The CVE ID was reserved by the assigning CNA.
- Source timelineredhat
Made public.
- CVE publishedCVE Program
The CVE record was published.
- CVE updatedCVE Program
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ADP provider summaries
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- RHSA-2024:4051CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:4070CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:4164CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:4165CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:4179CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:4222CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:4367CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:4403CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:4413CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4727CVE reference, redhat · vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2232218CVE reference, redhat · issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rvm7-rc5g-c98qCVE reference, redhat
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/commit/54e5b3c5932ad634b5ddf5b1d4d88c9419d6f720CVE reference, redhat
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/commit/aa7161ba378caf5cf0471aafb679a842679c8388CVE reference, redhat
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness
Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.