An Apache-proxied Dogtag CA REST endpoint exposed by IdM (POST /ca/rest/certrequests) returns HTTP 500 with internal Java stack traces for unauthenticated malformed requests. The same unauthenticated error path emits large multi-line stack traces into the CA debug log, creating a log-amplification resource exhaustion vector (disk growth and I/O contention) without requiring authentication.

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Make the CA REST API fail safely by checking authentication early and returning simple 4xx errors for malformed requests without stack traces, and tune exception handling and logging so attacker-controlled input cannot spam large stack-trace logs (rate-limit/truncate).

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Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat certificate System
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:certificate_system:9
Vendors & Products Redhat certificate System

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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Description An Apache-proxied Dogtag CA REST endpoint exposed by IdM (POST /ca/rest/certrequests) returns HTTP 500 with internal Java stack traces for unauthenticated malformed requests. The same unauthenticated error path emits large multi-line stack traces into the CA debug log, creating a log-amplification resource exhaustion vector (disk growth and I/O contention) without requiring authentication.
Title Pki-core: dogtag-pki: empty request to dogtag /ca/rest/certrequests causes http 500, java exception, and stacktrace disclosure
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-209
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-01T17:42:36.268Z

Reserved: 2026-06-10T12:24:05.399Z

Link: CVE-2026-11873

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-01T12:17:35.300

Modified: 2026-09-01T21:03:04.987

Link: CVE-2026-11873

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Updated: 2026-09-01T13:45:05Z

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