Description
When a CA's parent lives on the same Krill server: instead of building and verifying a signed CMS message, it runs the RFC 6492 provisioning exchange in-process and trusts the child identity (child_handle) that the caller put in the parent contact. Nothing checks that this child identity actually belongs to the CA making the request.
Published: 2026-11-02
Score: 8.4 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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This issue is fixed in 0.16.1 and all later versions.

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Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Nlnetlabs
Nlnetlabs krill
Vendors & Products Nlnetlabs
Nlnetlabs krill

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description When a CA's parent lives on the same Krill server: instead of building and verifying a signed CMS message, it runs the RFC 6492 provisioning exchange in-process and trusts the child identity (child_handle) that the caller put in the parent contact. Nothing checks that this child identity actually belongs to the CA making the request.
Title Krill treats a "local parent" as already-authenticated, letting a CA operator act as any child of any CA on the same server
Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: NLnet Labs

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-02T16:10:56.242Z

Reserved: 2026-10-12T11:22:34.614Z

Link: CVE-2026-109142

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-11-02T16:10:52.041Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-02T16:17:27.267

Modified: 2026-11-02T19:35:33.347

Link: CVE-2026-109142

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-02T17:45:12Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-639

    Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key