CVE-2021-3698

mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.007 · 53 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.70% (53rd) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

26 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A flaw was found in Cockpit in versions prior to 260 in the way it handles the certificate verification performed by the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD). This flaw allows client certificates to authenticate successfully, regardless of the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) configuration or the certificate status. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedcockpit-0:264.1-1.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-0:264.1-1.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-0:264.1-1.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-0:264.1-1.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-0:264.1-1.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-bridge-0:264.1-1.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-bridge-0:264.1-1.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-bridge-0:264.1-1.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-bridge-0:264.1-1.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-debuginfo-0:264.1-1.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-debuginfo-0:264.1-1.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-debuginfo-0:264.1-1.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-debuginfo-0:264.1-1.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-debugsource-0:264.1-1.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-debugsource-0:264.1-1.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-debugsource-0:264.1-1.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-debugsource-0:264.1-1.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-doc-0:264.1-1.el8.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-system-0:264.1-1.el8.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-ws-0:264.1-1.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-ws-0:264.1-1.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-ws-0:264.1-1.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008
Fixedcockpit-ws-0:264.1-1.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-295USprimaryCWE-295US

affected products (26)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a cockpit≤ cockpit versions prior to 260enisa_euvdEU
cockpit-project cockpit< 260nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cockpit-project:cockpit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cockpit-0:264.1-1.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cockpit-0:264.1-1.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cockpit-0:264.1-1.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cockpit-0:264.1-1.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cockpit-0:264.1-1.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cockpit-bridge-0:264.1-1.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cockpit-bridge-0:264.1-1.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cockpit-bridge-0:264.1-1.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cockpit-bridge-0:264.1-1.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cockpit-debuginfo-0:264.1-1.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cockpit-debuginfo-0:264.1-1.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cockpit-debuginfo-0:264.1-1.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cockpit-debuginfo-0:264.1-1.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cockpit-debugsource-0:264.1-1.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cockpit-debugsource-0:264.1-1.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cockpit-debugsource-0:264.1-1.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cockpit-debugsource-0:264.1-1.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2022:2008Red Hat Security Advisory: cockpit security, bug fix, and enhancement update2022-05-10csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for cockpit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-03-10modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

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