CVE-2010-3868

Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) 7.3 and 8 and Dogtag Certificate System do not require authentication for requests to decrypt SCEP one-time PINs, which allows remote attackers to obtain PINs by sniffing the network for SCEP requests and then sending decryption requests to the Certificate Authority component.

Published: 2010-11-17 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-3868 is rated Moderate Risk (47.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.28%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-3868

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 2026-06-15 0.32% 1.28% +0.96%
2 2025-03-30 0.63% 0.32% -0.31%
3 2025-03-29 0.63%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-3868

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-3868

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-3868

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3868

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-3868

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat certificate_system 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat certificate_system 8 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat dogtag_certificate_system cpe:2.3:a:redhat:dogtag_certificate_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-3868

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