CVE-2021-3551: Dogtagpki

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw was found in the PKI-server, where the spkispawn command, when run in debug mode, stores admin credentials in the installation log file. This flaw allows a local attacker to retrieve the file to obtain the admin password and gain admin privileges to the Dogtag CA manager. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Affected products

• Dogtagpki Dogtagpki: from 10.10.0, before 10.10.6 (fixed in 10.10.6)
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 33 only; version 34 only
• Oracle Linux: version 8 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 8.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus: version 8.4 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux For IBM Z Systems: version 8.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux For IBM Z Systems Eus: version 8.4 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian: version 8.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus: version 8.4 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 8.4 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: version 8.4 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For SAP Solutions: version 8.4 only

Published 2022-02-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.