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CVE-2026-30836

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2026-30836 is a critical vulnerability affecting Step CA versions 0.30.0-rc6 and earlier, allowing unauthenticated certificate issuance through the SCEP UpdateReq. Rated 10.0 CRITICAL, this flaw has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, enabling an attacker to achieve high confidentiality and integrity impact by issuing unauthorized certificates. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, the severe nature of this vulnerability necessitates immediate patching. Organizations using affected versions should upgrade to 0.30.0 to mitigate this risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.30.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:smallstep:step-ca:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
0.30.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:smallstep:step-ca:0.30.0:rc1:*:*:*:go:*:*
0.30.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:smallstep:step-ca:0.30.0:rc2:*:*:*:go:*:*
0.30.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:smallstep:step-ca:0.30.0:rc3:*:*:*:go:*:*
0.30.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:smallstep:step-ca:0.30.0:rc4:*:*:*:go:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

10.0CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.8
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 2nd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/smallstep/certificatesFixed in: 0.30.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-q4r8-xm5f-56gwcritical

step-ca has Unauthenticated Certificate Issuance via SCEP UpdateReq (MessageType=18)

Mar 19, 2026

References

github.com / smallstep/certificates/commit/e6da031d5125cfd99fe9a26f74bb41e4dacca4ef
Patch
github.com / smallstep/certificates/releases/tag/v0.30.0-rc7
Release Notes
github.com / smallstep/certificates/security/advisories/GHSA-q4r8-xm5f-56gw
Vendor Advisory