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CVE-2021-3908 (GCVE-0-2021-3908)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-11 21:45 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:21

Title

Infinite certificate chain depth results in OctoRPKI running forever

Summary

OctoRPKI does not limit the depth of a certificate chain, allowing for a CA to create children in an ad-hoc fashion, thereby making tree traversal never end.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Assigner

cloudflare CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard – unranked: 8 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki/security/adv…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5041	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Cloudflare	octorpki	Affected: unspecified , < 1.4.0 (custom)	guessed

Date Public

2021-11-01 00:00

Credits

Koen van Hove

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FKIE_CVE-2021-3908

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-11-11 22:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:05

Severity

5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

OctoRPKI does not limit the depth of a certificate chain, allowing for a CA to create children in an ad-hoc fashion, thereby making tree traversal never end.

References

URL	Tags
cna@cloudflare.com	https://github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki/security/advisories/GHSA-g5gj-9ggf-9vmq	Third Party Advisory
cna@cloudflare.com	https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5041	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki/security/advisories/GHSA-g5gj-9ggf-9vmq	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5041	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	cloudflare	octorpki	*
	debian	debian_linux	11.0

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GHSA-G5GJ-9GGF-9VMQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-11-10 20:38 – Updated: 2023-10-02 15:58

Summary

Infinite certificate chain depth results in OctoRPKI running forever

Details

OctoRPKI (github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki/cmd/octorpki) does not limit the depth of a certificate chain, allowing for a CA to create children in an ad-hoc fashion, thereby making tree traversal never end.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory email us at security@cloudflare.com

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


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

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GSD-2021-3908

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:23

Details

OctoRPKI does not limit the depth of a certificate chain, allowing for a CA to create children in an ad-hoc fashion, thereby making tree traversal never end.

Aliases

CVE-2021-3908

Aliases

CVE-2021-3908

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UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3908 (CVE-2021-3908)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2021-11-11 22:15 – Updated: 2025-07-16 04:56 – Source website

Withdrawn 2025-07-18

Details

OctoRPKI does not limit the depth of a certificate chain, allowing for a CA to create children in an ad-hoc fashion, thereby making tree traversal never end.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

5.9 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3908	REPORT
	https://github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki/security/adv…	REPORT
	https://github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki/commit/cb2ab…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3908	REPORT

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            "binary_name": "octorpki",
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Vulnerability timeline

Related by attack behaviour