A flaw was found in Dogtag PKI, as used by FreeIPA's certificate authority component. The certificate profile import functionality does not fully validate uploaded profile content beyond the profile ID. An authenticated user with CA Administrator privileges can exploit Dogtag's ExternalProcessConstraint mechanism to execute arbitrary commands with attacker-controlled environment variables, achieving code execution as the pkiuser account.

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Until a fixed package is available, restrict membership in CA Administrator and equivalent roles to fully trusted operators, and audit certificate profile import operations for unexpected or unrecognized profile content. Review any custom ExternalProcessConstraint executable configuration in Dogtag for unnecessary exposure.

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Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in Dogtag PKI, as used by FreeIPA's certificate authority component. The certificate profile import functionality does not fully validate uploaded profile content beyond the profile ID. An authenticated user with CA Administrator privileges can exploit Dogtag's ExternalProcessConstraint mechanism to execute arbitrary commands with attacker-controlled environment variables, achieving code execution as the pkiuser account.
Title Pki-core: dogtag/pki: certprofile-import allows code execution via unsanitized profile content (externalprocessconstraint)
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat certificate System
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-78
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:certificate_system:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat certificate System
Redhat enterprise Linux
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-08T08:28:47.767Z

Reserved: 2026-08-19T13:01:16.163Z

Link: CVE-2026-76561

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-08T08:17:12.020

Modified: 2026-09-08T09:18:21.107

Link: CVE-2026-76561

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-08T09:30:07Z

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