An issue was discovered in PrimeKey EJBCA before 7.6.0.

published 2021-08-25 5y ago modified 2026-09-08 2mo ago also BIT-ejbca-2021-40087 , EUVD-2021-27276

cvss: 2.7; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered in PrimeKey EJBCA before 7.6.0. When audit logging changes to the alias configurations of various protocols that use an enrollment secret, any modifications to the secret were logged in cleartext in the audit log (that can only be viewed by an administrator). This affects use of any of the following protocols: SCEP, CMP, or EST.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

bitnami ejbca 7.6.0
primekey ejbca 7.6.0

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Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	2.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
OSV	3.1	2.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
bitnami	ejbca	<7.6.0	7.6.0

Classification

Weakness

CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

support.primekey.com /news/posts/53
vendor-advisory, advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40087
web

Sources

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