CVE-2003-0960

OpenCA before 0.9.1.4 does not use the correct certificate in a chain to check the serial, which could cause OpenCA to accept revoked or expired certificates.

Published: 2003-12-15 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-0960 is rated Moderate Risk (46.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0960

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.16% 0.26% +0.10%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.16% -0.73%
3 2022-02-04 0.89%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0960

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0960

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0960

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openca openca 0.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:openca:openca:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openca openca 0.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:openca:openca:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openca openca 0.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:openca:openca:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openca openca 0.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:openca:openca:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openca openca 0.9.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:openca:openca:0.9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openca openca 0.9.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:openca:openca:0.9.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openca openca 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:openca:openca:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openca openca 0.9.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:openca:openca:0.9.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openca openca 0.9.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:openca:openca:0.9.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0960

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