CVE-2025-44005: Step CA Has Authorization Bypass in ACME and SCEP Provisioners
A security fix is now available for Step CA that resolves a vulnerability affecting deployments configured with ACME and/or SCEP provisioners.
All operators running these provisioners should upgrade to the latest release (v0.29.0) immediately.
The issue was discovered and disclosed by a research team during a security review. There is no evidence of active exploitation.
To limit exploitation risk during a coordinated disclosure window, we are withholding detailed technical information for now. A full write-up will be published in several weeks.
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