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CVE-2009-0588

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0588 describes a vulnerability in Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) 7.3 and Dogtag Certificate System, where an authenticated attacker could approve certificate requests for unauthorized agent groups by manipulating a request ID. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating a medium severity, and allows for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:dogtag_certificate_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.5MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0131 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 21,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: rhpki-ra-0:7.3.0-69.el4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0588Moderate

rhpki-ra: improper authorization checks in Cerificate System's Registration Authority

Feb 10, 2009

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/35242
secunia.com / advisories/35263
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1065.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/35104
securitytracker.com / id