Red Hat PKI Common Framework (rhpki-common) in Red Hat Certificate System (aka Certificate Server or RHCS) 7.1 through 7.3, and Netscape Certificate Management System 6.x, does not recognize Certificate Authority profile constraints on Extensions, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions and conduct man-in-the-middle attacks by submitting a certificate signing request (CSR) and using the resulting certificate.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-1676 is rated Moderate Risk (45.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 0.99% | 0.26% | -0.73% |
| 2 | 2024-07-13 | 0.91% | 0.99% | +0.08% |
| 3 | 2023-03-07 | — | 0.91% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1676 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| netscape | certificate_management_system | <= 6.2 | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:certificate_management_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| netscape | certificate_management_system | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:certificate_management_system:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| netscape | certificate_management_system | 6.01 | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:certificate_management_system:6.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| netscape | certificate_management_system | 6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:certificate_management_system:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |